Friends of Usambara

Friends of Usambara is a non-governmental organisation based in Lushoto, Tanzania working on environment & climate, nature & wildlife conservation, community development.

Friends of Usambara Society is a non-governmental organisation based in Lushoto, Tanga region, Tanzania, registered in 1997. It works on conservation of the Usambara Mountains through tree planting, community forestry and sustainable tourism. Its affiliate, the Friends of Usambara Cultural Tourism Enterprise, runs community-based walking tours in the West Usambara and surrounding areas, and channels a share of tourism profits to communal development projects decided by a steering committee. The organisation also engages students through 4-H Million Trees clubs and aims to plant 100 million trees by 2025 and 1 billion trees nationwide by 2030.