The Singing Tree Institute

Planting trees and singing together

The Singing Tree - planting trees and singing together

In 2013 Musician, Dancer and Environmentalist Lis Addison established The Singing Tree Institute with David Mutinda of Kitui, Kenya. Our mission is to help reforest the region, plant food forests for the subsistence farmers of Kangweni and document traditional Kamba songs and dances for future generations. In 2024 we established the first Singing Tree Nursery to provide trees at our projects in Kangweni. Thank you for your support!

Lis with students at our Maviani School Site in Kangweni, Kenya., prior to a school wide community planting.

Our Singing Tree Nursery! Water catchment tank on left supplies water for the seedlings Mutinda is propagating in foreground and in white bags.

Lis singing with students at Maviani Primary School, Kangweni, Kenya.

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The Singing Tree Institute is a fiscally sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a 501(c)(3) charity. Contributions made payable to Fractured Atlas for the purposes of The Singing Tree Institute are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. If you receive a reward in exchange for your donation, the fair market value of that reward will reduce the tax-deductible portion of your donation. The value of the reward you receive will be included in your donation receipt.
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