One tree for every Nigerian
Nigeria has lost 60% of its forest cover. We are planting 200 million trees to bring it back, in schools, parks, farms and degraded land.
The problem
The forest is going, and people feel it first
Nigeria has lost 60% of its forest cover. Desertification is creeping in on our people. Our farmers and villagers suffer constant flooding and annual droughts, to say nothing of the heat waves.
Our children are suffering from malnutrition.
Why forests
What a forest does for the people around it
Steadier rainfall
Forests stabilise rainfall, so planting seasons are easier to predict.
Food and nutrition
Fruit and food trees put nutrition within reach of families and schools.
Fewer floods
Tree roots hold water and soil in place when the heavy rains come.
Richer soil
Trees feed the soil and keep farmland productive for longer.
A halt to the desert
Tree cover stops desertification from creeping further south.
Cooler towns and farms
Shade and moisture from trees take the edge off heat waves.
Plant your age
If you are 40, plant 40 trees
A greener Nigeria starts with you. Donate or plant one tree for every year of your life.
Make the mission grow
Plant your age
One tree for every year of your life.
Volunteer
Give your time at a planting near you.
Host a planting
Bring trees or a food forest to your school, park, farm or community.
Partner with us
$3,500 plants a forest. Sponsor one, or plant with your staff.
Our advisory board
Eight leaders from business, government and civil society guide our work.
Sherif Ganiyu ShagayaCEO of Octavus Petroleum
Nuruddeen LemuDirector, Lotus Bank
Sharon IkeazorFormer Minister of Environment
Amina Abubakar BelloFormer First Lady of Niger State and Founder of Raise Foundation
Mariama Anthony-WilliamsCountry Director, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Sierra Leone
Mustapha NajiwoExecutive Director, African Centre for Tax and Governance
Captain Abdullahi Muhammad MuyeCEO of Flints Aero Services Limited
Hafsat Abiola-CostelloPresident, Women in Africa. Co-Founder, Connected Women Leaders
Take action
$1 plants a tree. $3,500 plants a forest.
Every tree counts towards one for every Nigerian. Choose what you would like to plant.
