DISCOVER grows trees in Africa!

Discover supported our partners to discover, use and protect local resources for health, food security and community self-reliance.

Discover was a small charitable NGO based in Winnenden, Germany, that for 12 years supported partners chiefly in Uganda but also in Zimbabwe, Ghana, Kenya and Malawi. Our Partners enabled their communities to become self-reliant and to survive the climate crisis, which is seriously affecting them.

The organisation was formally dissolved on 21 March 2026.

We thank all the many people who provided practical, moral and/or financial support. We look back over the years with a great deal of satisfaction – our partners in Africa have transformed the environment in their communities, many of which are today working together better than ever before. Please read more in our newsletters here.

But thanks to our very active and dedicated partners, this work will continue.

By growing trees and practising agroforestry, they survive the long periods of drought, and, during torrential rains, the trees ensure that the rain soaks into the ground and landslips are prevented.

The Discover logo shows a papaya leaf.

The papaya, or pawpaw, grows almost everywhere in Africa, but few people realise what a remarkable plant it is. The ripe fruit is extremely nutritious. The leaves, seeds and unripe fruit have a wide range of medicinal properties. For example, the sap of the unripe fruit can be used in the treatment of septic wounds and the leaves can be used to treat diarrhoea and sometimes even malaria. And there are many more uses.

Why did we call ourselves Discover? The answer is simple – there is so much waiting to be discovered in the natural environment. For example – all the many uses of papaya, and of so many other plants and trees!

Since Discover was formed in 2014, our partners in Africa have constantly taken new initiatives that have been transforming their communities! They have conducted training in natural healthcare and organic and „climate smart“ agriculture and, with our support, have undertaken many projects that have responded to the needs of their communities. For example the provision of rainwater catchment tanks and fuel efficient stoves in the Kasese region in Uganda, the establishment of a Farmer Field School in Kaliro, Uganda, and an „EcoFarm“ in Zmbabwe.

What is the secret of this success? Discover Coordinator Keith Lindsey has known most of our partners for more than 20 years and keeps in close touch with them all. We supported them financially and with appropriate advice so that they can respond to the needs they identify in their communities and the ideas they have for meeting those needs. Our African partners are reliable, competent and passionately committed to their communities.