Better Globe AS is a Norwegian social enterprise that facilitates donations of trees and donation packages to counter poverty and corruption in Africa. They help crowdfund the activities of Better Globe Forestry Ltd. (BGF) in Kenya and Uganda. BGF is the forestry agent that plants and takes care of the trees until the trees mature.

BGF’s long-term goal is to reduce poverty and corruption in eastern Africa through social entrepreneurship and massive tree planting in arid and semi-arid areas. BGF creates jobs, helps farmers increase their land returns, and finances microloan banks, schools, and water-related projects.

Our donors who support us and donate trees and donation packages are, until now (2022), the primary funding source of BGF’s business activities. With your support, we can help address some of the world’s greatest challenges, and together we can make a real difference.

Each tree is estimated to capture 0.5 tons of CO2, which leads to you, as our supporter, becoming “Carbon Neutral” when you donate 24 trees per year. This is based on the average carbon footprint of 12 tons of CO2 per year. Depending on your lifestyle, you might want to purchase more trees to ensure you completely offset all your carbon emissions.

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Since 2006, BGF has set up tree plantations and worked closely with farmers (since 2015) in Kenya’s semi-arid areas. By planting trees, the company contributes to binding carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, reducing erosion problems, and preventing further desertification south of the Sahara.

The trees planted are native to the area. As with any forestry company, trees are the business’s economic engine. But BGF is not your regular forestry company. Its unique advantages are twofold: the trees are classified as hardwood and fully comparable to mahogany trees that grow fast in dry areas. And these African mahogany trees give a long-term economic perspective for BGF and the local farmers.

For more information about our new strategy and the future developments of this unique crowdfunding effort to counter extreme poverty in East Africa’s arid and semi-arid areas, please contact Better Globe support.

Unlike most other forestry companies, BGF has chosen crowdfunding as a business financing model. Thanks to your donations, BGF can improve the environment and reduce poverty on-site in Kenya and Uganda. Your donations support a socially responsible and sustainable company that is all about improving the livelihood of impoverished farming communities, taking care of the environment, improving food security, and supporting a better future for us all.

As a benefactor, you can donate trees via donation packages or purchase individual trees through Better Globe AS. You are most welcome to make one-time donations, but a subscription for recurring donations is the best way to help create social change in Africa over time. The price of one tree is €27, and the donation package is priced at €59.

By becoming a backer today, you help provide a better future for East African smallholder farming families, you support children’s schooling, you help biodiversity and the environment, and you create a better future for yourself and the world at large.

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When you sponsor donation packages from Better Globe AS, you contribute to the financing of small microloan banks and schools in the areas where BGF operates. You also help find solutions for the lack of clean water by supporting water-related projects.

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Forests have always had high economic value, a fact that remains true to this day. When the trees have reached their production age, BGF can harvest socially responsible and sustainable timber and other natural products. But it is the manufacturing and sales of high-quality certified and sustainable ready-made furniture and parquet that creates the most substantial financial yield from the trees over time. Natural organic supplements and safe environmentally friendly biopesticides are other sources of income available from trees such as Moringa oleifera and Melia volkensii.

Money in a forestry business usually comes from the felling of trees. But as you can see, BGF is creating a more diversified income stream that will help create more job opportunities for East Africa’s impoverished communities. After 20 years, BGF cuts the trees to produce sustainable and socially responsible wood products. Naturally, trees are replanted, and the operation is structured in such a way that it supports the environment, helps counter extreme poverty, and may even help reduce tropical deforestation.

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Nobody can do everything alone, but together we can create many long-lasting positive impacts. To help people out of poverty, we need your help to fund the planting of several million trees along with our tree planting agent, BGF. Even the monthly donation of a single tree makes a big difference over time, both for the poor farmers in Africa and the environment.

Please read more on our website and get in touch if you have any questions. Thank you for taking the time to learn more about Better Globe and supporting our vision of a greener and healthier Africa with less extreme poverty.

We all rise together when we create benefits for biodiversity, the environment, families living in poverty, and the global community at large. So, join in today and donate trees for a better future.

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