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10
Dec

12,000 more bunds dug in Arusha

12,000 is the total number of bunds that we have dug in the past few weeks in Monduli district of Arusha region together with hundreds of pastoralists and our amazing partners Justdiggit and Erbarcher Foundation. The bunds will help to harvest most of the rainwater in the coming rain season and help to bring back vegetation in the degraded lands. The Monduli District in Arusha is one of the driest areas in the country. The majority of people living in the region
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26
Nov

Expanding our reach in Northern Tanzania

We are happy to let you know that we are now expanding our reach and scaling up the regreening to 4 more villages of Monduli, Arusha. Starting from this month, together with Justdiggit and Erbacher we will dig 12,000 water bunds and restore 86,000 trees using the Kisiki Hai tree restoration technique. This will have a positive effect on water availability, soil health, crop yields and grass and fodder for livestock. One of the new sites that we plan to implement
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19
Nov

More champion farmers trained in Singida

We have just completed a 4 day Kisiki Hai and Rainwater Harvesting technique (core subjects) training to 32 new champion farmers in Singida region. In total we have now trained 264 champion farmers in the region who will reach 39,000 farmers and together they will restore over 2,000,000 trees in the next 3 years.
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5
Nov

LEAD Foundation is among the Africa’s Top 20 Tree Restoration Organizations!

We are very excited and thrilled to be mentioned at the COP26 in Glasgow among the top 20 locally led African tree restoration organizations. Many thanks to the AFR100 Initiative and all its partners including World Resource Institute and One Tree Planted as well as our amazing partners, donors and supporters including Justdiggit, Ecosia , Erbacher Foundation, Global Environment Forum , UNDP Tanzania , TARI , ICRISAT, Biovision Foundation , Awaken Trees to mention a few. Six years ago, African leaders
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31
Oct

Kisiki Hai in 3 years from the sky

In 2018 together with Justdiggit and local farmers we started restoring trees using Kisiki Hai in the below communal land located in Iduo village in Dodoma Tanzania. In 2021 the land has already shown significant changes with 3,000+ trees that have been restored using Kisiki Hai technique. This is just one the hundreds of communal lands which have been restored and just a small piece of the in total 6.3 million trees that we have restored together since 2018.
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15
Oct

Over 400,000 trees restored in our MIKI project

In two years we have restored over 400,000 trees in Mima and Kibakwe disvisions of Mpwapwa district. We have achieved this in partnership with Ecosia and the local farmers. These trees have been brought back using a method named Kisiki Hai, it helps to restore degraded lands and make them green and healthy again.  FMNR or as we like to call it Kisiki Hai, is fundamental to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), improving the lives of thousands of people and their
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8
Oct

Meet some of our hardworking Champion Farmers

Meet some of our hard working champion farmers Ashery, Janeth and Foibe all from Msunjilile village in Dodoma region. After they received training from us and Justdiggit in 2018, these real climate champions have inspired over 400 households in their village to start bringing back trees through Kisiki Hai technique. Together with other farmers in the village, they have brought back over 30,000 trees in Msunjulile village alone. Some of the Kiski Hai trees in Msunjulile village
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26
Sep

Introducing to you our new Ambassador Frida Amani

We are happy to welcome an amazing Regreen Revolution Ambassador to support our cause. The East Africa’s Queen of Hip Hop Frida Amani has joined our hands in making Tanzania and the world aware that nature based solutions are fundamental in restoration of degraded lands and inspire everyone to make that change happen.
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12
Sep

Project update in Pembamoto

After the start of the Pembamonto Rainwater Harvesting project with our amazing partners Justdiggit back in 2018, we have more regreening images that show what can be achieved in just 3 years. Both of these photos were taken in the same period during the dry season in Pembamoto, Tanzania. Did you know that, according to research by The Nature Conservancy, nature-based solutions are 37% of the solution in reversing global warming? This is the decade of doing. Together we can bring
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5
Sep

Handing out bicycles to Champion Farmers

We have handed out 1,000 bicycles to our champion farmers within the Dodoma region. Champion farmers have been the most passionate advocates on sharing the Kisiki Hai tree restoration approach with others within their community. They have done so through training, demonstration, and mentoring.  Together with Justdiggit and the farmers, we have inspired and activated over 100,000 farmers to pick up the Kisiki Hai technique and other regreening approaches of which it has resulted to restoring over 6.3 million trees in
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