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January 10, 2024 — TerraFund for AFR100, a fund for locally led landscape restoration projects operating in Africa, has announced 92 non-profit organizations and enterprises will be awarded a total of USD 17.8 million in grants, loans, and equity finance.
In two years, TerraFund has invested $15 million, which has grown 12.5 million trees, paid 36,000 people to work and benefitted 202,000 more people.
Africa is in danger of becoming the epicenter of the climate crisis, but the continent also holds the potential to fight it.
2023 Audacious Project grantee Wanjira Mathai is at the forefront of re-greening the planet. Through the forest restoration initiative Restore Local, she's working to help both Africa's people and its landscapes flourish. Learn more about how her team invests in local restoration projects across the continent -- including a tree-growing movement that aims to revitalize 100 million hectares of African land by 2030. (This ambitious idea is a part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)
2023 Audacious Project grantee Wanjira Mathai is at the forefront of re-greening the planet. Through the forest restoration initiative Restore Local, she's…