About Us

Our Story

Earth Green Africa started as an idea in 2006 to involve the younger generation in climate change activities and also to build a sustainable system of helping to solve community problems collectively. To achieve this, the founders of the organization began engaging schools and pupils in the small community of Tuna in northern Ghana. They organized quiz competitions between schools and other unity events aimed at fostering fundamentals for peace-building. They gradually introduced a green project to the schools aimed at encouraging the younger generation to accept gardening and planting as the first step in ending poverty and protecting the flora in Africa. 

The broader vision emerged and they saw the need to involve the second most compassionate but vulnerable group of people, the women, in the fight to eliminate poverty and address climate change. At this point it became obvious that this was the game changing plan to end poverty within the shortest possible time. The next step was to form smaller groups of women to engage in collaborative farming crusades where they farm together, share their produce and sell the surplus harvest. They then re-invest the money made from the sale of surplus produce into their local businesses and farm the next season.itions between schools and other unity events aimed at fostering fundamentals for peace-building. They gradually introduced a green project to the schools aimed at encouraging the younger generation to accept gardening and planting as the first step in ending poverty and protecting the flora in Africa. 

This project was terminated for a period of time because most of the founders wanted to further their education and did not have that much time to run the project. Also, the lack of funding to help acquire land to start new groups to expand it was an added hindrance since funding came mostly from donations from the key founders. Eventually the impact of climate change and poverty became more visible than they could possibly imagine. Founders felt compelled to re-activate the plan and enhance it for quicker results, still with limited resources. The PEEP project idea was born, once again with no funding. 

Our Program

The Protecting Earth and Ending Poverty (PEEP) project was designed to end the poverty pandemic around the world especially, in Africa, through sustainable farming and protecting the planet by planting dought resistant trees to protect water bodies. Under this project people make money by just planting trees and caring for them until they are self sustained. The organization provides tree seedlings to anybody who is interested in the scheme at an affordable price of two Ghana fifty pesewas (GHC2.50) per plant, an equivalent of sixty cents ($0.60). As growth progresses, every seedling provided is monitored by our women volunteers and awarded growth points for each tree and its planter per the health and speed of growth. These points are converted into monetary value and paid to the planter at the end of the growth investment period. 

This means the more you plant and care the more your return on your green shares. The investment period is mostly between 1 to 5 years. To enable the organization to pay the value of growth points, the revenue from the sales of the seedlings will be invested into the second scheme within the PEEP project which is the FEED SOULS scheme. Under this scheme, women volunteers are grouped into cooperatives and supported to acquire lands for cultivation purposes. The yields from this farming scheme are shared among members and the surplus sold at the local markets and the money made from this sale is re-invested in the project to expand and a portion put aside towards their health insurance renewals, basic income for the month and old age expenditures. There will be enough money at the end of each investment period to pay for the share values of green shares bought. 

The broader vision emerged and they saw the need to involve the second most compassionate but vulnerable group of people, the women, in the fight to eliminate poverty and address climate change. At this point it became obvious that this was the game changing plan to end poverty within the shortest possible time. The next step was to form smaller groups of women to engage in collaborative farming crusades where they farm together, share their produce and sell the surplus harvest. They then re-invest the money made from the sale of surplus produce into their local businesses and farm the next season.itions between schools and other unity events aimed at fostering fundamentals for peace-building. They gradually introduced a green project to the schools aimed at encouraging the younger generation to accept gardening and planting as the first step in ending poverty and protecting the flora in Africa. 

We will plant to protect the earth and grow enough food to end poverty in Africa. This project will be operated throughout the African continent and the world as a whole may join us. Pilot projects started with six (6) women groups of ten (10) in a set with just one thousand Ghana cedis (GHC1000) an equivalent of two hundred and thirty United States dollars ($230). Donations from DEBRA DENKER, and SUSAN ARAGAKI provided initial funding. Within a year the project made gains with seven hundred and sixty women joining and a financial turnover of ninety four thousand three hundred and sixty five Ghana cedis (GHC 94,365.00) an equivalent of seventeen thousand eight hundred United State dollars ($17,800.00). With this sum we planted over four (4) million trees over the period. This is the game changer. If we can access more resources to scale up and expand this scheme to many other women, schools, and countries in Africa, we will meet our goal to end poverty.