Trees for the Future
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States 路 Nonprofit 路 Regional 路 since 1989
Training smallholder farmers in Africa to plant Forest Gardens that restore land and livelihoods
About
Trees for the Future (TREES) was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland. It trains smallholder farmers in East and West Africa to plant agroforestry 'Forest Gardens', typically about one hectare of mixed trees, crops and living fences, over a four-year programme. Its 2025 impact report covers Kenya, Mali, Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda and states that the Senegal and Mali projects would close by the end of 2025 with a focus shifting to East Africa.
What they run
Four-year training programme in which smallholder farmers convert roughly one hectare into a diverse agroforestry 'Forest Garden' of trees, crops and living fences.
The numbers
| Metric | Year | Value | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hectares restoredto date | 2025 | 40,219 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | source2025 impact report, 'since 1989': 40,219 hectares under restoration |
| Trees planted | 2024 | 42,516,297 | Organization-wide | Estimated | sourceSum of 2024 country figures (Kenya 19,287,869; Mali 972,492; Senegal 2,012,956; Tanzania 7,266,360; Uganda 12,976,620); the page gives no total |
| Trees planted | 2025 | 49,940,320 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | source2025 impact report: 'Trees Planted 2024-2025 49,940,320' (planting year 1 Jul 2024 - 30 Jun 2025) |
| Trees plantedto date | 2025 | 420,110,579 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | source2025 impact report, 'since 1989': 420,110,579 trees planted |
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