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The Borehole project is a micro project in Uganda, providing a source of clean drinking water to a local community

The most basic requirement to sustain life is clean water. For many rural communities across Sub-Saharan Africa the struggle to find clean safe drinking water can take a major part of a family’s resource. More often than not the burden falls to women and children to collect water often walking a great distance from home. Even then water drawn from pools or rivers is often contaminated with pollutants and potentially lethal bacteria that cause illness and infections, and so to make the water palatable and safe to drink it needs to be boiled. The project works with local communities to identify and repair the many broken boreholes in Uganda. As well as the natural health benefits it means that families no longer have to boil the water, saving firewood and thereby preventing carbon emissions from being released. 

The project is located primarily in the North Region of Uganda, within the Districts of Alebtong, Kole and Dokolo. Between 1987 and 2007 these region was heavily affected by the Lord’s Resistance Movement led by Joseph Kony. During that period, over two million people became displaced and it is estimated that over 20,000 children were abducted and forced into the army. This prolonged period of conflict has had serious consequences on all areas of life including education, health and economic development with poverty levels among the highest in the country. One of the major impacts of the war has also been a complete lack of investment in infrastructure particularly in the water sector. Approximately 60% of the people in the Districts do not have access to clean water and rely exclusively on open wells, lakes and other unprotected sources.

UK Regional Planting Programme 2017

Each year, Powerline plants 200 trees as part of a Regional Planting Program. A large proportion are planted in school grounds, where they help to educate and raise awareness among pupils. The trees have broad environmental benefits, but our accompanying involvement with Carbon Offset’s “Tree Buddy” scheme, ensures that the symbolic gesture of planting is matched by the quantifiable offset of a tonne of carbon in another Verified Carbon Standard project.

Planting is a great way to help sequester carbon emissions. Through photosynthesis trees absorb carbon dioxide to produce oxygen and wood. By ensuring that trees planted are native broad leaf species this helps to preserve the environment and biodiversity. Planting takes place in school locations and other protected biodiversity sites. All trees are high quality cell grown ‘whips’ (year old saplings) and are tagged with unique identification codes.  
By supporting our programme not only are you planting trees in your region of the UK you will also be helping to:

• Provide wildlife habitats & support biodiversity
• Plant native British trees
• Enhance the natural UK landscape
• Offset CO₂ emissions

Cikel Brazilian Amazon REDD APD Project

The Cikel Project is located in Para State, Brazil, where 63% of the Amazon Rainforest has already been lost. With certified sustainable logging practices, Cickel will continue to avoid the deforestation of 27.4 thousand hectares of land, which would have been destroyed had traditional logging practices been used. Protecting the forest preserves both carbon stored in living biomass, and the area’s biodiversity. Preserving the forest also carries social benefits – granting local employment opportunities, permitting scientific research, and improved local education and medical facilities for project stakeholders.

UK Regional Planting Programme

Each year, Powerline plants 200 trees as part of a Regional Planting Program. A large proportion are planted in school grounds, where they help to educate and raise awareness among pupils. The trees have broad environmental benefits, but our accompanying involvement with Carbon Offset’s “Tree Buddy” scheme, ensures that the symbolic gesture of planting is matched by the quantifiable offset of a tonne of carbon in another Verified Carbon Standard project.

The Mariposas
Hydroelectric Project

The Mariposas Hydroelectric Plant generates electricity from renewable hydrological resources, with water utilized by the local community for irrigation purposes. The development of the Project does not affect the local irrigators, since the water used for generating electricity is restored to local systems. The project creates commercial and employment opportunities within the community, and provides a renewable alternative to coal, diesel and gas power.

The Planting of British
broad-leaved trees

The project coordinates planting of native British broad-leaved trees in your region of the UK. Planting trees provides broad environmental benefits, including supporting wildlife habitats for many hundreds of years, and passing on a fascinating, and highly valuable ecological heritage to future generations.