The Singing Tree Institute
The Singing Tree Institute is the non-profit I started in 2013 with David Mutinda of Kitui, Kenya. We have since planted 7,000 trees in Kambaland, Kenya. Our mission is to help mitigate global warming, reduce erosion, encourage condensation and plant food forests for the local people who are mostly subsistence farmers. We begin by planting trees that can nourish the soil and when those trees take hold plant bananas, mangoes, tomatoes, greens and other foods under the canopy.
In 2022 Mutinda and I planted 550 trees in Kangweni, Kenya with students from Maviani Primary School, Syombuku Vocational College and Yanzuu DayStar Academy. In 2023, we planted 120 replacement trees and sent 50 trees home with students to plant with their parents. I was amazed to see how much our food forest had grown in one calendar year!
Here’s how you can help:
Option 1: Adopt-A-Tree ~ For $25 we will plant 1 tree, including water and maintenance services for a year.
Option 2: Adopt-A-Grove ~ For $50 we will plant 5 trees, including water and maintenance services for a year.
Option 3: Adopt a Food Forest ~ For $100 we will plant 15 trees. You will have your own Grove and a plaque with your name on it!
Option 4: Water Catchment Fund ~ Your donation of $50 or more will be added to our POA Water Tank Fund. POA Water Tanks catch rain off the roof and supply water for drinking, cooking and cleaning and also to water our seedlings in the new Singing Tree Nursery where we will propagate and grow trees for our food forests. Our project is in Kagweni where people rely on SUBSISTENCE FARMING.