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Our mission
The Eastern Province (EP) is the driest region of Rwanda and is prone to a high level of degradation, leading to poor land productivity. Yet agriculture is practiced by the majority of the population, making local communities vulnerable when faced with land degradation. Increased frequency and magnitude of recurrent droughts and floods coupled with more erratic precipitation, both caused by climate change, are resulting in degraded lands, food insecurity, threats to local livelihoods, and loss of biodiversity. The overall goal of this project is to transform the drought-degraded Eastern Province into restored, productive, and climate-resilient ecosystems and communities by promoting evidence-based forestry and agroforestry practices.
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Classification
- Farmlands
- Forests
- Grasslands, shrublands and savannahs
- Increases Health & Wellbeing
- Mitigates Climate Change
- Reduces Disaster Risks
- Safeguards Biodiversity
- Supports Livelihoods
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The project has put 43,569 hectares of degraded land under restoration by planting 17,861,720 trees, both native and exotic species. TREPA project interventions have increased the resilience and adaptive capacity of 246,875 direct beneficiaries (130,024 men and 116,851 women) and have created 59,404 jobs (28,333 men and 31,071 women), ranging from seedling preparation to the maintenance of planted seedlings.
The project has made substantial progress towards enhancing financial inclusion and fostering investments in climate-resilient value chains across Rwanda's Eastern Province. So far, 931 savings groups with 16,942 members have been trained on financial education, enabling them to mobilize over FRW 676 million in savings and facilitate loans worth FRW 38 million in 2024.
Combined, these impacts show the project's effectiveness at economically and ecologically supporting local communities in Rwanda's Eastern Province, demonstrating the wide-ranging and manifold benefits of large-scale ecosystem restoration to build resilience and benefit livelihoods.
