• Scaling Denali for TREE AID

    Scaling Denali for TREE AID

    We are delighted to announce that our long-term supporter Paul Rochford will soon be taking off on another intrepid expedition, hoping to raise a marvellous £15,000 for TREE AID’s Community Self Reliance Project in Northern [...]

  • The Baobab could be part of the answer to solving both hidden and not so hidden hunger

    The Baobab could be part of the answer to solving both hidden and not so hidden hunger

    CIFOR scientist Terry Sunderland, who co-edited a recent special issue of the International Forestry Review on forests, biodiversity and food security states that “Forty percent of the world’s food originates from diverse smallholder farmers, so the [...]

  • Drumstick and monkey bread leaves; famine foods for Mali

    Drumstick and monkey bread leaves; famine foods for Mali

    As food crisis grips the Sahel this year, Mali looks set to be amongst the worst-affected countries as conflict exacerbates its already fragile situation. With crop failures and the death of livestock, a huge problem is [...]

  • Food solutions for Niger

    Food solutions for Niger

    This year, upwards of 10 million people across the West African Sahel are once again facing a severe food crisis. At the root of the crisis lies drought; another year of erratic and unpredictable rains [...]

  • Mali Coup

    Mali Coup

    Following news of the military coup in Mali on Wednesday 21st March, we were able to quickly make contact with TREE AID staff in Mali and establish that they are safe and well.  There is [...]

  • Grow a tree of hope this Mother’s Day

    Grow a tree of hope this Mother’s Day

    This Mother’s Day help TREE AID celebrate 25 years of supporting mums inAfricaby planting a tree for your own mum.  For just £10 you could grow a mango, shea or baobab tree in her name [...]

  • International Women’s Day: Inspiring change in Africa

    International Women’s Day: Inspiring change in Africa

    “Now us women have had the chance to eliminate the middle man we are making much more money. We know when to sell, when to buy and when to store nuts so that we get [...]

  • Millennium development goal on safe drinking water reaches target early

    Millennium development goal on safe drinking water reaches target early

    The international target to halve the number of people who do not have access to safe drinking water has been met, five years before the 2015 deadline, the UN announced on Tuesday. However, in its report, Progress on [...]

  • TREE AID Appeal

    TREE AID Appeal

    International development charity, TREE AID, has today announced an appeal for funds to help end the ongoing cycle of drought and famine for families living in the Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa. This follows international [...]