Restore
Forests, farmlands, wetlands and riverbanks brought back to health with the people who steward them.
How we work
Four thematic areas. One shared landscape.
Climate and natural resources, food systems, clean water and youth skills are not separate issues. We design our work around the way communities actually live, across the whole landscape.
Strengthen
Local institutions, skills, enterprises and governance that can carry the work forward.
Include
Women, youth, refugees and host communities at the centre of planning and benefit.
Thematic areas
Where we focus.
Each thematic area stands on its own. It also connects to the others. A restored riverbank needs a livelihood plan. A youth enterprise needs a market. A water point needs a functioning committee.
Cross-cutting work
Programmes
Some work cuts across several thematic areas at once. These programmes bring them together in one place, in the communities where the need is greatest.
Current projects
Work in motion across the landscape.
6 projects translate our thematic strategy into practical action with communities, local governments and partners.
Climate Asset Management, through CARE International
Restore Africa
Large-scale restoration of degraded landscapes through tree planting, Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration and sustainable land management.
- Trees planted with communities (figure coming soon)
- Trees protected through FMNR (figure coming soon)
Kyegegwa, Bunyangabu, Kamwenge, Ibanda and Buhweju
2023 to date
Forests of the World
UGROW
Climate-resilient agroforestry, EUDR compliance and sustainable coffee, cocoa and vanilla value chains.
- Farmers onboarded (figure coming soon)
- Hectares of agroforestry established (figure coming soon)
Kyenjojo and Kamwenge
Year to be confirmed
Join For Water
River Mpanga Catchment Restoration
A multi-year programme restoring the catchment through riparian protection and community-led conservation.
- 765.5 hectares of riparian ecosystem protected
- 50,000 trees planted
Kitagwenda, Kamwenge and Fort Portal
2023 to 2026
Simavi
WASH, Learn and Share
WASH model schools, community water points and local cost-recovery initiatives across nine primary schools.
- 9 WASH model schools established
- 18 surrounding communities linked
Bunyangabu and Rwimi
2025
Welthungerhilfe
Skill Up!
Vocational and green skills, start-up kits and a route to work for out-of-school youth.
- 951 youth skilled
- 285 graduates (2024 to 2026)
Fort Portal, Kyenjojo and Kamwenge
2025
Local government and humanitarian partners
Refugee and Host Community Resilience
Integrated support for refugees and host communities spanning nutrition, livelihoods, clean energy and ecosystem restoration.
- 10,870 learners reached in 24 primary schools through nutrition, farming-club and WASH activities (2024 to 2026)
- 2,359 refugee households reached through peacebuilding and nutrition programmes
Kyegegwa, Kamwenge and Isingiro
Year to be confirmed
Our approach
Integration is not a slogan. It is how the work survives.
A tree planted on a riverbank only survives if the household has food and income. A water point only lasts if the community owns it. A youth enterprise only grows if the market is real.
That is why we plan across sectors, invest in local institutions and stay long enough to learn what works. Our teams work with district governments, community groups, researchers and private sector actors, not around them.
Community-led planning and ownership
Strong local government collaboration
Digital monitoring and evidence
Long-term partnerships and continuity
Where we work
Across 16 districts in Western Uganda.
From the Rwenzori foothills to the Albertine Rift and the shores of Lake George, our teams work where landscapes and livelihoods are most closely connected.
Bunyangabu
Kabarole
Kyenjojo
Kamwenge
Kyegegwa
Kitagwenda
Kasese
Bundibugyo
Ntoroko
Ibanda
Buhweju
Kagadi
Hoima
Kikuube
Masindi
Agago
Be part of the next chapter
Have a thematic area, place or partnership in mind?
We are always open to conversations that connect resources, expertise and local leadership.