Graine de Vie
Le Roeulx, Hainaut, Belgium · Nonprofit · Regional · since 2009
Belgian NGO running 376 community nurseries that have planted 73 million trees in Africa since 2009
About
Graine de Vie is a Belgian non-profit founded in 2009 that sets up village tree nurseries in Madagascar, Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Senegal, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Each nursery is run by local associations and produces forest, fruit and income trees that are given free to villagers and schools, alongside national park protection, mangrove restoration and environmental education. The organization reports more than 73 million trees planted since 2009 and a large-scale restoration project of 10,000 hectares at Moba in the DRC.
What they run
Nurseries run by local associations of women, farmers and schoolchildren, each designed to produce about 10,000 forest and income-tree seedlings a year that are distributed free to villagers.
Large-scale restoration project in the Moba area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a target of 10,000 hectares, including new communal nurseries.
Seasonal giveaways of young plants to households, schools and businesses, such as the Analamanga (Madagascar) distribution of up to 200 plants per person and 2,500 per business.
Trees by type of work
| Activity | Trees | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 🎁 Tree adoption & giveaways | 480,000 | 2024 |
Only figures attached to a named program count here. Organization-wide totals sit in the table below.
The numbers
| Metric | Year | Value | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trees plantedto date | 2025 | 73,000,000 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | source'Nos réalisations' page: 'Plus de 73.000.000 d'arbres plantés depuis 2009', alongside 355 community nurseries and 21 parks and protected areas under restoration |
| Seedlings produced | 2025 | 3,760,000 | Community tree nurseries | Estimated | sourceDerived: Rapport annuel 2025 p.2 counts 376 nurseries and p.4 describes nurseries 'produisant annuellement 10.000 plants'; 376 x 10,000 = 3.76 million seedlings a year. The organization publishes no annual production or planting total. |
| Trees distributed | 2024 | 480,000 | Free seedling distributions | Self-reported | sourceL'Express de Madagascar, December 2024, quoting the association: 480,000 young plants available for free distribution 'cette année' in Analamanga, up to 200 per individual and 2,500 per business |
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: 3 of 3 figures link to a source
- 0/15 Publishes financials or cost per tree: No financial figure recorded
- 0/15 Reports survival or monitoring: No survival or monitoring figure
- 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
- 480,000 trees in 2024
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Upcoming events
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