Food & Trees for Africa
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa · Nonprofit · National · since 1990
South Africa's community greening and food-security NPC, 4.9 million trees planted since 1990
About
Food & Trees for Africa (FTFA) is a Johannesburg-based non-profit company founded in 1990 that runs tree planting, forest landscape restoration, food gardening and sustainability education programmes across South Africa, largely funded by corporate sponsors. Its Trees for All programme plants trees at schools, clinics and other shared spaces through volunteer days, Trees for Homes gives fruit and indigenous trees to low-income households, and EduPlant trains schools in permaculture gardening. The organization reports 4.9 million trees planted since 1990, 21,202 of them in 2024 across 99 volunteer days.
What they run
Sponsor-funded volunteer planting days that green schools, clinics and community spaces with indigenous and fruit trees; 99 volunteer days and 21,202 trees across 462 beneficiaries in 2024.
Provides low-income households with fruit and indigenous trees plus training on care, with household-level survival monitoring.
Restores degraded land in partnership with communities and corporate funders; 53 hectares of degraded land restored in 2024.
Long-running schools programme training teachers and learners in permaculture food gardening and environmental stewardship.
The numbers
| Metric | Year | Value | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trees planted | 2024 | 21,202 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceAnnual Review 2024, 'Quick statistics - 2024' (p.1) 'Trees planted per province (21,202 total)' and p.5: 'In 2024, FTA hosted 99 volunteer days which resulted in 21,202 trees being planted across 462 beneficiaries nationwide' |
| Trees plantedto date | 2026 | 4,900,000 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceHomepage counters (viewed November 2026): '4.9M Trees Planted', '7M+ Meals Supplemented', '92% Project Success & Survival Rate'; the 404 page states 'Since 1990, FTFA has planted over 4.9 million trees' |
| Survival rate (%) | 2024 | 96.6 | Trees for Homes | Self-reported | sourceAnnual Review 2024, Trees for Homes section (p.7): '745 households greened, 96.6% tree survival rate' for the completed Trees for Homes projects |
| Hectares restored | 2024 | 53 | Forest Landscape Restoration | Self-reported | sourceAnnual Review 2024, 'Quick statistics - 2024': '53 hectares of degraded land restored' |
How they report
What earned it
- 5/20 Publishes annual tree figures: 1 year of annual figures on record (5 points each, up to 4 years)
- 15/15 Figures are recent: Latest annual figure is for 2024
- 10/10 Every figure has a public source: 4 of 4 figures link to a source
- 0/15 Publishes financials or cost per tree: No financial figure recorded
- 15/15 Reports survival or monitoring: Survival rate on record
- 0/10 Independently verified figure: All figures are the organization's own
- 10/10 Breaks figures down by program: Figures attached to named programs
- 0/5 Reports volunteers or events: No volunteer figures or events
- Latest annual figure
- 21,202 trees in 2024
- Survival
- 96.6% (2024, reported)
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