"Collaborate for Climate" was our 2025 green campaign theme. For the month of April, which is recognised as Earth Month, all donations were matched by our Champions up to a maximum total of £20,000. With the generosity of 102 supporters and our two champions, we raised a grand total of £19,022.98, which is over 90% more than ever before.

Why Collaborate for Climate?

Climate Change is happening. Floods. Droughts. Wildfires. We can see it happening, some of us can feel it happening. The communities we work with are on the front lines of climate change.

The aim of this campaign was to share the experiences of the communities we work with, demonstrate how beekeeping can be an effective tool to build climate resilience, and raise £20,000 to supportcommunities in Ghana build climate resilience through beekeeping.

“About 80% of the global population most at risk from crop failures and hunger from climate change are in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, where farming families are disproportionally poor and vulnerable.”
-The World Bank

6 Reasons why beekeeping is the perfect tool

1. Beekeeping is an effective tool for climate-resilient agriculture

Bees naturally increase crop yield, research has shown that they increase cashew yield by 200%. With yields falling due to climate change, natural ways to protect food harvests and income are much needed.

2. Beekeeping increases and diversifies income

Beekeeping offers a new source of income from hive products including honey and beeswax. We found households in Ghana could increase their income by 20%, enabling people to invest in their futures. Some of the climate- affected communities we will work with in Ghana plan on buying drought-resistant Maize (significantly more expensive) with honey money.

3.Tree planting for bees, people and the environment

Where necessary and appropriate, we will provide trees and training on how to care for and propagate them. This benefits the environment, bees and people by providing:

• Forage for bees to increase quality honey production

• Shade for beehives, people and animals to mitigate increasing temperatures.

• Fruit to eat or sell further boosting food security and income

• Tree essential oils to use in products to build more resilient livelihoods

• And, of course, carbon sequestration

Hear from Rebecca, one of our local trainers in Ghana, talk about some of the benefits of tree planting

4. Beekeeping supports plant biodiversity

Honey bees are native to sub-Saharan Africa, they are part of the natural ecosystems and are important pollinators for African flora.

5. Beekeeping encourages Environmental Stewardship

We provide information on the impact of practices such as slash and burn, honey hunting and inappropriate use of pesticides on beekeeping and the local environment. Many community members become proactive advocates for bee-friendly practices that benefit the local environment.

6. Beekeeping supports Climate Refugees

We’re working with groups to help build social cohesion through beekeeping within communities hosting climate refugees.

Amina's fight in 40 degree heat

This is Amina. We wish you could read her t-shirt, it says ‘Fight Like a Girl’ and she sure has fighting spirit. She’s building bee hives in 40 degree heat. Why? Because she believes in the power of beekeeping to build climate resilience.

Amina lives in the Kumbungu district. The district is one of the three most at-risk for food security, a worsening challenge with climate change. Beekeeping offers a way to fight back and build climate resilience.

Amina is collaborating with her community to build climate resilience through beekeeping.

What will we use the funds for?

We will use the funds raised in our Collaborate for Climate campaign to support communities in Ghana to build climate resilience through beekeeping.

The Kumbungu Cluster
The Kumbungu Cluster is made up of eight communities in the Kumbungu District, an area experiencing high food insecurity. Working with these projects we aim to:

• Improve Climate Resilience by providing training and equipment for beekeeping, a climate friendly livelihood.

• Improve food security and resilience to climate by naturally increasing crop yields through bee pollination.

• Support the local and global climate as well as bees, wildlife and people by planting trees, including fruit trees.

The Dome beekeepers
The Dome beekeepers are a community of farmers in central Ghana made up of local Ashanti people (mainly Christians) and climate refugees from Northern Ghana, Burkino Faso and Mali (mainly Muslims). Working with the Dome beekeepers we aim to:

• Help build social cohesion though beekeeping within communities hosting climate refugees.

• Improve food security and livelihood resilience to climate by naturally increasing crop yields through bee pollination.