EcoFrontiers International (EFI) works with schools, communities, and partners across Ghana to plant trees, restore ecosystems, fight climate change, and build sustainable livelihoods — especially for rural women and young people.
EcoFrontiers International began planting trees in schools and communities in Ghana in 2012, and was officially incorporated under the laws of Ghana in May 2017 as a local Non-Governmental Organization. EFI engages communities, policy makers, and civil society organizations on activities that protect the environment and improve the economic well-being of community members.
We believe lasting environmental change starts where people live and learn — in schools, farms, and neighborhoods — and grows through education, technical training, and long-term partnership rather than one-off interventions.
Global greenhouse gas emissions reached a record 59.1 GtCO₂e in 2019. The UN Environment Programme's Emissions Gap Report warns the world is on track for a temperature rise well beyond the Paris Agreement goals. EFI exists to make the case, tree by tree and community by community, that this trajectory can still change.
Four connected pillars guide every EFI program, from a single school woodlot to national training partnerships.
Seedlings supplied and planted with schools and communities to restore vegetative cover.
Technical training in environmental resource management, with a focus on empowering rural women.
Climate-smart farming practices that improve yields while protecting the land.
Networking with governments, businesses, and civil society to fight poverty in farming communities.
Source: UN Environment Programme Emissions Gap Report, 2020 — cited in EFI's Tree Pet Project brief.
Children are given tree seedlings to plant, name, and care for like pets — building a lasting bond with nature while greening their own school compounds.
Focus regions: Central, Western North/South, Ashanti, Eastern, and Greater Accra. Species include mangoes, avocados, pawpaw, oranges, guavas, and fast-growing timber trees like acacia — chosen to provide shade, fruit, fuelwood, and income for schools that currently spend 20–30% of their kitchen budget on scarce firewood.
Independent coverage of EFI's tree planting work with partners and school communities across Ghana.
Photo pending: awaiting the Green Ghana / Prudential planting-day photos to be re-attached as file uploads.
As part of the 2022 Green Ghana initiative ("Mobilising for a Greener Tomorrow"), EFI partnered with Prudential Life Insurance Ghana, the Forestry Commission, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Assemblies of God Church, Kasoa, to plant over 5,000 tree seedlings with 210 private schools and communities around the Nyanyano Estate near Kasoa in the Gomoa East District — contributing to the government's national goal of 20 million trees.
"We have chosen to work with school children… planting trees with children offers a unique chance to teach them about the importance of trees to human life and the environment." — Boatemaa Ansah, Environmental Officer, EcoFrontiers International
Photo pending: awaiting the EFI field-team planting-day photo to be re-attached as a file upload.
EFI notes that Ghana's forest cover stood at 8.2 million hectares in 1900, and has since been depleted by farming and resource extraction carried out without deliberate afforestation plans. The Gomoa East Coordinator of Private Schools, Dunstan Noble Blay, confirmed his office would monitor the 210 participating schools and the tree species planted to ensure they are properly nurtured going forward.
"God said in his holy book that man is the steward of the environment and as such must protect it." — Rev. Boakye-Ansah Mensah, Assemblies of God Church, Kasoa
Figures from EFI's tree planting and training programs to date.
Planted over 1,500 trees across 3 communities and 18 schools in the Eastern and Greater Accra regions.
Trained more than 3,000 cocoa farmers in the Ashanti Region to improve yields sustainably.
Trained 317 street hawkers in soap making and animal rearing in Accra.
Partnered with KCL to counsel 65 senior high school students in Accra on good environmental practices.
Building on the Tree Pet Project, EFI is growing programs across these areas.
Community-level responses to rising emissions and climate risk.
Engaging children today as tomorrow's environmental stewards.
Technical training and resources for rural women.
Skills training in soap making, animal rearing, and other livelihoods.
Networking with partners to reduce poverty in farming communities.
Counselling and curriculum support for schools on conservation.
Whether you have an hour, a season, or a budget line — there's a way to plant with us.
Join a planting day, mentor a school's Tree Pet Project, or support monitoring and evaluation.
Sign UpSponsor a school, a region, or the whole Tree Pet Project as your organization's annual sustainability initiative.
Become a PartnerBring your community, church, or association into an EFI-supported planting and training program.
Get in TouchEvery contribution supports seedlings, training, and monitoring for the Tree Pet Project and EFI's wider work across Ghana.
64% toward this season's seedling goal for 18 schools
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