Programs
Four programs, one patch of ground.
Land, water, learning and shared meals — each designed with the people closest to the work and handed over to them within five years.
Fig. 02 — Carrying the first oak to the eastern slope, autumn 2025
Program 01
Living Ridges
Native-species planting on degraded hillsides. Village crews plant, water and guard each slope for five full years — then the land and the work are theirs.
Since
2014
Villages
24
Survival at year two
81%
Program 02
Open Pages
Evening reading circles for adults who missed school the first time. Local facilitators, borrowed halls, and books people actually want to read.
Since
2017
Reading circles
46
Finished a cycle
3,400
Program 03
Wellspring
Clean-water points built, repaired and owned by the households that use them, with a local committee holding the keys and the repair fund.
Since
2016
Water points
62
Still working
94%
Program 04
Clear Rivers
Seasonal river clean-ups and shared waste routes with upstream towns, so what we lift out of the water stops coming back.
Since
2020
River km cleaned
118
Towns on route
9
Fund a whole program for a year.
Foundations and companies can adopt a program or a single village. You’ll get quarterly field reports and an open invitation to visit.
Talk to the field office