{"id":16070,"date":"2023-04-17T16:48:37","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T15:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/?p=16070"},"modified":"2023-04-25T16:29:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T15:29:50","slug":"earth-day-2023-invest-in-our-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/earth-day-2023-invest-in-our-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Day 2023: Invest in Our Planet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Earth Day takes place annually on 22 April to highlight and promote environmental issues, conservation and the protection of our planet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s theme &#8211; \u2018Invest in Our Planet\u2019 &#8211; again encourages governments, institutions, businesses and citizens to act and help protect our planet for future generations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Self Help Africa, regenerative agriculture, climate smart farming practices and reforestation&nbsp;efforts are at the core of our work with small-scale farming communities in sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Self Help Africa is part of the world\u2019s biggest community-led land restoration project, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evergreening.org\/restoreafrica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Global EverGreening Alliance\u2019s Restore Africa<\/a> initiative, which recently launched in Kenya. It aims to restore 1.9 million hectares of land, and directly supports 1.5 million smallholder farming families across six countries in Africa \u2013 Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have also launched <a href=\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/onemilliontrees\/carbon-offset\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a campaign<\/a> encouraging companies to offset their carbon footprint by planting trees with us in Africa. 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