TREE AID works in the Sahel region of Africa, mainly in Burkina Faso, Mali and Northern Ghana, with one project in Ethiopia.
The Sahel means ‘the shore of the desert’ and is an area that was historically rich in flora and fauna. It crosses 12 countries and seperates the Sahara desert in the north from the tropical rainforests to the south.
These are drylands with less than 600mm rain a year, but despite this 325 million people live here.
Read about our focus countries……
