Programme
Clean cooking and reforestation in refugee and host communities
Country
Uganda
Running from
2026
People reached
50,000
Key focus areas
Act on climate change
Increase incomes
Protect ecosystems
With UNHCR funding, Farm Africa is working with Tree Aid, ICRAF CIFOR, BB Energy, Hamerkop and Fairventures to transform environmental protection in refugee hosting communities in Rwanda and Uganda. The programme helps refugees and host communities access clean cooking solutions, restore ecosystems through reforestation and create new jobs.
Across parts of Rwanda and Uganda, limited access to clean energy and accelerating environmental degradation threaten the health and safety of refugees and host communities.
This programme expands access to clean cooking solutions and delivers large-scale reforestation to restore degraded ecosystems, so refugees and host communities can protect their environment while improving daily life.
50,000
people across refugee-hosting regions will directly benefit from clean cooking and reforestation interventions.
The programme will provide refugee and host community households with clean cooking solutions, ranging from tier 3+ improved stoves to innovative electric-powered cookers. This will reduce reliance firewood, cutting deforestation and household air pollution, and improve the health, safety and wellbeing of families.
Working with communities, the programme will deliver reforestation and forest regeneration across approximately 7,000 hectares, supported by community run nurseries.
Green jobs will be created in areas, such as stove production and servicing, seedling nurseries and forest management. The programme prioritises livelihood opportunities for women, young people and refugees, helping to raise incomes and tackle social and economic inequalities.
This programme is a flagship model of carbon finance in displacement settings. High quality carbon credits generated from environmental restoration will channel revenue directly to participating households, driving economic empowerment, while sustaining long-term environmental protection.
By strengthening environmental protection in refugee communities, this programme will benefit community members, mitigate deforestation, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and advance national climate commitments.
