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Kijanisha means ‘to make green’ in Swahili, and the song brings the message and promise of the regreening movement straight to the airwaves of Tanzania and beyond. Having seen first-hand the effects of climate change and land degradation in their native Tanzania, Christina Shusho, Joh Makini, Frida Amani and Ben Pol use their combined voices to encourage each and every one of us to join the movement and DIG IN for a greener, cooler world. With their music, the artists are

Local farmers from Luhundwa village demonstrating what was once believed to be the impossible by restoring their marginal land with Kisiki Hai. Together with Ecosia and the local farmers from Luhundwa village in Mpwapwa – Dodoma, we started to restore this land in

It has been a privilege to attend the African Union/SADC – Great Green Wall Initiative (GGWI) Expert Workshop in preparation for the coming United Nations Convection to Combat Desertification UNCCD COP15. The Great Green Wall is an African-led initiative to grow an 8,000 km new ‘World Wonder’ across the continent to combat climate change, halt desertification and change lives.

Every year we organize a contest to see which villages implement our regreening program to perfection. We recently organized the contest in the 342 villages of our Regreening Dodoma program that is implemented by us and Justdiggit. 24 villages emerged the winners, each winner has been awarded a token worth 1,500,000 Tanzanian shillings for their community development activities. Example, some of the villages have used the token to buy 250+ school desks that will help 750+ students who used to sit on

This thermal image from our project with Justdiggit clearly shows the temperature difference between the tree, its branches and leaves and surroundings. Trees provide a cooling effect to our environments. Using Kisiki Hai technique, we have regenerated more than 9 million trees in the past four years in central Tanzania, and doing so we have created more cooling

Kilimo Ikolojia kwa Maendeleo Endelevu is a well-known and inspiring slogan by the rural community that implemented agroecological interventions in Kongwa District of Central Tanzania to combat land degradation and improve crop productivity. This slogan was repeated quite often by farmers during a three-day Farmers -Field Day (FFD) program that showcased agro technologies and practices introduced in the eight intervention villages in the region. Some of the interventions were: Establishment of multipurpose tree nursery sites to address land degradation Demonstration of poultry

Our bunds in Arusha are harvesting almost all the rainwater in this rain season. The half moon bunds help to capture rainwater and prevent it to run off and cause erosion. By harvesting rainwater the water balance in the soil will restore which will increase the water availability for the seeds still present in the soil. The seeds will get a chance to sprout and regreen the area. In some very degraded areas, grass seeds are sown if there aren’t enough