History

We were established in 2000 by Robin Witt as the Rift Valley Tree Trust (RVTT). RVTT’s first partner was FOMAWA – Friends of the Mau Watershed – who shared a desire to protect and conserve the Rift Valley’s beautiful, but shrinking, biodiversity. We spent the first 12 years working with partners involved in tree planting, water harvesting and fuel-efficient stove projects. Over this time, we met many women who were having more children than they wanted due to a lack of family planning, trapping the family in a cycle of poverty.
In 2012, we started working with a new partner, CHAT, who were using an integrated community mobilisation and mobile clinic model to provide family planning and primary healthcare services in remote and marginalised areas of Kenya. We changed our name to Community Health And Sustainable Environment (CHASE) to reflect the new focus on community health programmes alongside our existing environmental work.
We now work with 11 partners across Kenya and Uganda to deliver tree-planting and ecological restoration programmes alongside family planning and healthcare services.
Meet the Team
CHASE Africa is composed of a small core team based in Somerset, UK.









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Advisory Group



Patrons




