About the Better Globe Group
Better Globe is the name of a group of companies and organizations that want to reduce poverty in Africa by helping the poor become self-supporting, while also assisting with training and combating climate change and desertification. We believe in social entrepreneurship, and we need to be profitable so that we can create a better world by doing good.
Our group works in the following three focus areas:
1. Planting trees and establishing tree plantations
By planting trees, we create jobs, remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and lay the foundation for small communities. Read more about the planting of trees here; www.betterglobeforestry.com
2. Building schools and providing children with an education
We build schools near the plantations and enable children to get a real education. Learn more about our school building and educational operations, which is done through the NGO Child Africa here; www.childafrica.org
3. Contributing with microfinance to poor farmers
By contributing with both knowledge and micro financing, we help farmers create their own small farms and businesses so that they can support themselves.
We are proud that we have some of the best concepts, tools, and activities to fight poverty and the global climate threat, which allows us to create a better world to live in, for ourselves, for our children, and for future generations. Read more below about the companies included in the Better Globe Group under here.
Better Globe AS Norway
This is our main administration company in charge of all other companies and control the huge back office database with records of all trees adopted and their ownerships. This database is also calculating all monitoring of the payout systems for adopted trees over 20 years.
Better Globe Marketing Philippines Inc.
Better Globe Marketing is a marketing company, and this is our website. We accept adoption for trees through “Mystica Charity Foundation” and represent Better Globe in the Asian area. We use our website to inform, educate, and promote our ideas and plans that we want to achieve. We have created; “THE ONLY CHARITY SYSTEM THAT PAYS INTEREST IN THE WORLD”.
Better Globe Forestry Ltd — Kenya and Uganda
This forest company is the parent company for our forest products companies and is responsible for planning and employing people who actually plant the trees. Better Globe Forestry have almost 100,000 ha land available for tree planting in Kenya. Better Globe Forestry operates a 45-acre test and training farm in Kibwesi, Kenya, with a focus on agriculture and forestry in arid and semi arid areas. Better Globe Forestry also works with communities near the tree plantations. Better Globe Forestry is the publisher of MITI, “The Tree Business Magazine for Africa. Read more about Better Globe Forestry on their website here; www.betterglobeforestry.com
Child Africa—Kenya and Uganda
Child Africa is a NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) that build and operates schools, primarily in Uganda and Kenya. Child Africa has a history since 1991 of working with children, teachers, and local communities, bringing invaluable knowledge and skills to the African children. Child Africa’s assistance in helping children who otherwise would not have had a chance to go to school is much appreciated. These children have no opportunities in life that we take for granted. Read more about Child Africa on their website here; www.childafrica.org
The challenges we face
Better Globe works with social entrepreneurship and has focused on three of the major problem areas that we see today. The major problem area is the global net loss of forest annually which is 50% since 1960. Africa accounts for 56% of the net loss. 39% of the net loss is in South America and only 5% in the rest of the world. Forests are felled worldwide, so this highly skewed distribution depends on how logging is done and with what interests in the foreground it is made.
The second major problem area that we focus on is extreme poverty. More than 3 billion people live on less than $ 2 per day. It is almost half the world’s population. More than 1 billion people live on less than $ 1 per day and this group includes about 80% of Africa’s farmers.
The third major and obvious problem area that we see today is the lack of education. 10 million children in Africa live on street today and only a handful goes to school. In addition to this there are an equally large number of children who live with their parents, but do not attend school because they are needed at work, cannot afford school or for any other reasons. Education is fundamental to poverty alleviation. Poverty will be solved when necessary trainings and skills are gained by the youngsters. After all, development in all countries depends on training for the young people.
Child Africa is the publisher of a FREE inspirational and educational children’s magazine called BINGWA, which means “Champion” in Swahili. This magazine is distributed free with10 copies to each school 3 times (each term) a year.
The Better Globe Group