Pre-COP29 climate education
ARF selected and trained 30 young participants for a Pre-COP29 briefing and climate education workshop, so that they could follow and contribute to the COP29 discussions with some grounding.
Climate action
Blue Green Heroes
A youth programme working where the coast, the farm and the climate meet — run by young people with environmental training, on the coastline and islands they come from.
Tanzania's coast is where several of the Foundation's concerns overlap. The same warming that erodes a reef changes what a farmer can grow. The same rains that fail inland arrive too hard on the shoreline. Blue Green Heroes exists because those are not separate problems.
The programme is deliberately youth-led. Its participants come from environmental study backgrounds, and the work ranges from island field assessment to climate education to the school farming model.
As reported in 2024
- 25
- participants in the Blue Green Heroes cohort
- 30
- young people trained for the Pre-COP29 briefing
These are two separate groups reported in the same document, not one figure counted twice.
Where the programme works
Clean energy
Renewable generation, energy efficiency and reducing the carbon intensity of everyday systems.
Sustainable agriculture
Farming practice that keeps soil and water usable — the same ground the Foundation’s organic agriculture programme works on.
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Building resilience against climate impacts while reducing the emissions that drive them.
Water resource management
Addressing scarcity, pollution and unsustainable use — directly connected to ARF’s water programme.
Marine ecosystems
Coastal and island conservation, ocean pollution and the health of the reefs the coast depends on.
Biodiversity
Protecting and restoring habitat, and advocating for responsible land use.
What the programme has done
2024 Completed2024 ReportedThe cohort
The programme was reported as 25 participants with backgrounds in environmental study, working across the blue economy, organic agriculture and environmental projects.
— Field assessmentMbudya and Bongoyo assessment
Field assessments examined the effects of El Niño on the two islands, reporting erosion of coral reefs and damage to marine ecosystems. This is ARF’s own field observation and is not presented as peer-reviewed science.
— OngoingTree planting
Planting has taken place in Pwani, Dar es Salaam, Dodoma and Zanzibar. The Foundation’s report gives no number of trees, and none is estimated here.
— OngoingShoreline clean-ups and waste at source
Beach clean-ups and work on managing waste before it reaches the coast. No tonnage or volunteer figures are published because the source records none.
— UnconfirmedSchool farming
A student-led club model designed to run school farm plots and teach climate-smart agriculture. ARF has described this as seeking funding; whether the planned 2025 schedule ran has not been confirmed.
How partners work with the programme
Blue Green Heroes looks for partnership that goes beyond funding — expertise, guidance and international exchange alongside support.
- Collaboration
- Partners co-create and guide projects, bringing their own expertise rather than only funding.
- Strategic guidance
- Advisers and specialists contribute mentorship and technical support.
- Cross-border exchange
- International partnerships so that knowledge and practice move in both directions.
- Institutional support
- Grants, sponsorship and research collaboration that let the youth programme operate.
This is a charitable programme. It does not offer financial returns, and support for it is not an investment product.
In the field
A youth climate education workshop. 
A youth environmental fellowship session. 
A shoreline clean-up. 
Marine environmental fieldwork. 
A World Ocean Day activity.