I have always been fascinated by trees. During my childhood, we loved to run and compete against each other. As we grew we got bored and graduated to climbing trees. We included tree climbing as part of an obstacle race to make the competition harder. It was used to test your agility and your fear of heights. To us every tree posed a challenge and we would climb as many as we could. We ate their fruits, carved wooden toys from their branches, and often when we were tired we would take a nap under the tree shades.
This excitement of trees was re-ignited in 2019 while visiting a primary school in rural Kenya. We were doing voluntary tree planting and providing environmental education to school children and the excitement and enthusiasm displayed by the children reminded me of my own experience with trees as a kid. And so we came up with the idea of scaling up our activities to environmental entrepreneurship and BILLION TREES AFRICA was formed. As a company BILLION TREES AFRICA has visited quite a number of schools and planted over 5,000 trees in five regions namely Nairobi, Machakos, Kiambu and Kitui counties in Kenya.
Looking at the bigger picture, BILLION TREES AFRICA seeks to fill the gap of demand for quality seedlings and the requirements of large scale tree planting. Our business model incorporates the government, funding partners, schools, farmers, youth groups, women groups and forest communities as stakeholders and beneficiaries. We believe that our business approach and integration of technological innovation provides environment solutions as well as tackling unemployment.
Mahamud Omari – Founding Partner
Our Vision
To plant and grow 1 BILLION TREES AFRICA across Africa through a global community of environmental change agents.
Our Mission
To revolutionize sustainable ecological restoration by mobilizing the next generation of change agents through mentorship, employment and technical support.
