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Environment

Environmental protection is the only way we can safeguard our future. We promote solutions that care for, restore and protect the environment.

As a manufacturer, Uganda Baati's first environmental duty is inside the plant — eco-efficiency, less energy and water, cleaner fuel. The Foundation's job is outside it: restoring forest cover with the National Forestry Authority, and getting Ugandans to look at their environment through the Safal Eye in the Wild.

13Sustainable Development Goal 13The Global Goal this pillar reports against

Our goal

To promote sustainable solutions to safeguard and conserve the environment.

Our focus

  • Afforestation and reforestation with the National Forestry Authority
  • Environmental education to empower young people to conserve and protect our environment
  • Advocacy and awareness through the Safal Eye in the Wild photography competition
  • Rainwater harvesting and water-conservation solutions built into every roof we donate
  • Building the capacity of community structures in conservation and land restoration
  • Water and wildlife conservation

Eye in the wild

See the environment through a lens

Managed by the Safal Foundations, Eye in the Wild uses photography to spark conversations about wildlife, forests, water and drought — and to find sustainable answers. One element of the ecosystem inspires each year's theme.

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Tree seedling nursery

Projects in Uganda

Where the work happens

Projects are listed by district. Dates and figures come from Uganda Baati press releases and coverage; confirm against internal records before publishing.

Tree planting with the National Forestry Authority

Re-afforestation with the National Forestry Authority

Mubuku & Namatale Reserves With NFA

In partnership with the National Forestry Authority, the Foundation is helping restore degraded forest cover — replanting indigenous species in gazetted reserves including Mubuku and Namatale Central Forest Reserves. Add hectares and seedling counts

Tree seedling nursery in Tororo

Tree seedling incubation hub, Tororo

Tororo Ongoing

A community seedling nursery raising thousands of tree seedlings for reforestation and for distribution to schools, farmers and community groups — building local capacity to green their own environment.

Youth learning to make compost and briquettes

Green economy: waste-to-value training

Tororo Ongoing

Training young people to turn organic and other waste into value — compost and fuel briquettes that replace charcoal and firewood — cutting waste and easing pressure on forests.

Backyard gardening training in the community

Backyard gardening project

Community Ongoing

Practical training in backyard and kitchen gardening, helping households grow their own food, improve nutrition and build climate-resilient livelihoods.

We need you to achieve our mission

Donate, volunteer, or partner with the Foundation on a project in your district.