After intensive preparation, the time has finally come: the official launch of the Naturefriends tree sponsorships in Senegal and The Gambia is just around the corner! Around 3,500 fruit trees are to be planted in the next few weeks with people living in six villages along the two countries' border region, which was awarded Naturefriends Landscape of the Year in 2018. They will then be given to families to care for, such as watering and protecting them from goats and other grazing animals. In a few years, they will be able to enjoy mangoes, lemons and sapote fruit.

We are pleased to announce a new Climate Fund project, namely the ” Lighting up the village of Kpotomey, Benin. A solar-powered rural lighting project.”

The latest Naturefriends Climate Fund project was launched on 18 June 2022 in Mali. The objective of the project is to create a commercial nursery to produce fruit tree seedlings in the village of Farako. In one year, 1,000 fruit trees such as mango, lemon, guava, mandarin, and papaya are to be produced and planted to meet the nutritional needs of the population, combat soil erosion and counteract climate change.

Since 2017, the Naturefriends Climate Fund has been financing projects in Africa that help reduce the consequences of climate change, improve the living conditions of the population, and protect the climate. This way, we contribute to a (climate) juster world and support people in the Global South with partnership-based projects to adapt their lives as best as possible to the impacts of climate change and to contribute to climate protection themselves.

In the spirit of solidarity that identifies the Naturefriends movement, Naturefriends of the Haut-Rhin-region wanted to join the "Fruit trees for Senegal" operation; this is a subject that is just as dear to their hearts: to contribute to the regreening of Africa.