Registered Non-Profit NGO · Since 2019
Carbon Sink Initiative · Zambia
TransformingZambia Intoa Carbon SinkNation
Engaging schools and communities to plant millions of trees, protect water bodies, and build climate resilience across all of Zambia by 2030.
5M+
Trees Targeted Annually
12
Districts Covered
50K+
Community Members
¾
of Zambia by 2030
The problem
Zambia's forests are disappearing faster than they can regrow
Unemployment pushes rural households towards firewood, charcoal and timber. The result is extreme deforestation, rising greenhouse gases, degraded soils, polluted open water sources and serious risks to human health.
Livelihood pressure
Communities depend on charcoal and timber trade because alternatives are scarce.
Land & water degradation
Bush burning, fertiliser overuse and encroachment onto water body banks deplete soils.
Health consequences
Polluted air, soil and water disrupt hormone, nervous and immune systems — deepening poverty.
Our approach
Six pillars of community-led change
UCA works through ownership, not intervention. Communities and youth run the work — we equip, train, follow up and report.
On the ground
Real nurseries, real training, real planting days
Long-term impact
What changes when a community owns its trees
Reduced poverty
Fruit surplus sales and kernel-charcoal clubs create household income beyond charcoal burning.
Increased tree cover
Agroforestry adoption and millions of trees annually restore green cover across districts.
Cleaner water & air
Protected water body buffer zones cut pollution, floods and drought exposure.
Working with Zambian government & media institutions
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Help us reach £900,000 on Global Giving
Every contribution plants trees, trains youth and builds climate resilience in Zambian communities. Your support funds a 5-year transformation towards a $1,000,000 program goal.
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