Programs

Our Programs are all focused  on empowering Children become Environmental Stewards in their communities as a way of fighting Climate Change in Uganda.  Our Programs include;

                                  Schools Tree Planting:

We partner with Schools in Uganda and get children involved in greening their schools as means of fighting Climate Change. Through this program we teach children importance of tree planting  and environmental conservation. Most schools in Uganda have for quite a long time focused on teaching children simply to pass exams with less focus on environmental education. Our Schools Tree Planting component focuses on replenishing our natural heritage through tree planing with kids. We mainly plant fruit trees in Schools with the aim of providing fruits, shed, fresh air.

                                                

                        One School -One Green Street Campaign:

This is a consolidation of the School Tree Planting Program. It involves One School taking an initiative of planting trees along one street every single year. The project was devised after a realization that most streets in Uganda don't have an organized array of trees planted and yet no body seems to bother.

                                                      

                                            The Schools Tree Festival:

The Schools Tree Festival is a grand annual event that brings together all schools we work with in implementing the Schools Tree Project in Uganda. During this event, children showcase Plays, Poems, Drawings, Music and dance presentations on the theme of Climate Change. During this prestigious event, children come up wit creative ideas and solutions on ways to achieve a green, clean and sustainable future. Schools with impressive solutions are awarded. On top of that, Schools with the highest survival rates of trees are awarded medals and Certificates of Achievement.

                                             

                                  WiIdlife Clubs in Schools:

 Wildlife Clubs have for a longtime played a crucial role in promoting Environmental Education in schools. But hitherto, few schools still maintain this tradition and as a result, most children complete school without environmental education. We encourage formation of Environmental Clubs in Schools  with the aim of promoting Environmental consciousness in children. The Clubs help in conserving the trees we plant in schools by watering them , maintain Botanical gardens and tree nurseries in schools.

                                                

Mission and Objectives

Mission:
Our mission is in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 13 that seeks nations to take urgent actions to combat Climate Change and its impacts. Our mission is also in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement in which Countries agreed to work to limit global temperatures rise to 2 degrees.
 Our Mission is to mitigate Climate Change through pragmatic tree planting campaigns in the schools of Uganda while empowering children and youths become environmental stewards in their communities and schools.

                              

                                 
                              Project Objectives:

-   To plant 3,000,000 trees including fruit trees  in  Ugandan Schools and Communities.

2    -   To combat the effects of Climate Change in the Country.

3    -  To restore the depleted natural ecosystem that has been lost through the clearing of forests.

      -  To improve the nutritional  value of children by growing fruit trees within  school compounds and Communities.

5    - To empower children become environmental stewards within their communities by creating awareness about  Climate Change and the importance of trees planting.

6    -    Restore the almost extinct tree species like the Fig Tree( Mutuba), Mvule and Candlenut Trees which have numerous benefits to local cultural values and traditions.

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About Us:

                                                 

         

The Schools Tree Planting Project an initiative spearheaded by Child Care Foundation Uganda aims not only to restore the depleted environmental resources by planting more trees in communities, but also encouraging schools and school children in particular, take an integral part in planting trees not only in their school compounds but in their communities too. In essence the project aims at empowering school children become environmental stewards within their own communities. We work in Jinja District- Uganda where we have so far covered 8 schools planting trees more especially fruit trees.

Project Background:

Climate Change is now affecting every Country on every continent. It is disrupting national economies and affecting lives, costing people, communities and countries dearly today and even tomorrow. People  are experiencing significant impacts of Climate Change which include, changing weather patterns, raising seal level and more extreme weather events. The green house emissions from human activities are driving global temperatures to continue to rise. They are now at their highest. Without action the world's average surface temperature is projected to rise and surpass 3 degrees cellicius. Some areas are expected to warm even more and this is likely to affect vulnerable groups  (women, children and elderly). It was due to this grim background that the Schools Tree Project was formed not only to tackle Climate Change but also teach children schools on ways to fight climate change.