Development Ratings

Existing projects are funded for a year or so ahead. Further funds will be needed to continue support for the Kandema project in Ghana, the Land and Livelihoods project in Burkina Faso, and the VTE and Trees for Change projects. Recent successful applications for grants to fund the VTE programme boosted income in 2008. A programme on tree food is planned to start in 2008 and one on medicines from forest plants from 2011.

Tree Aid’s wish list includes establishing capacity and funding for broader project evaluation work. It also wants to develop its core functions in the UK and West Africa to achieve greater efficiency, and to have continuous improvement of the programmes. To develop the charity’s profile, it would like to hire a dedicated Appeals and Communications Manager in the UK, a role that is now performed part-time by the CEO. As the VTE programme develops, there is a need to hire support for the VTE strategist in Burkina Faso in addition to funding a local manager for the new tree food programme.