Working in partnership with the Baptist Union of Uganda (BUU) and Climate Stewards, APF’s Jubilee Trees project is planting thousands of indigenous trees around local Ugandan churches. Hundreds of Maesopsis, Grevillea and Terminalia tree saplings are now growing on church sites in central Uganda with plans for thousands more.
As the trees grow, the church community will benefit from shade, timber, fruit, better soils, water retention and wildlife protection, which supports farming. They’ll protect people, buildings and soils from strong wind, heavy rainfall and scorching sunshine. By capturing carbon in the atmosphere, the trees will also help to combat climate change which is already having a devastating effect on African communities.