Grass Seed Bank

Our World

Tutorial

Are you ready to explore Our World? Before your journey begins, you might want to know how to navigate this experience.

How it works

Our World is very simple: every chapter will bring you to a different location or aspect of our work. After a short ride by car, motorbike, or bicycle, you will arrive at your destination and receive an introduction. After that, you are free to roam around yourself.

Use your mobile phone or the touchpad of your laptop to look around. In every chapter, you will find these white circular buttons that you can click on. They are called ‘Regreening Insights’ and will give you more information about a particular subject; perfect for if you want to dig a little deeper into Our World!

PS: Don’t forget to look up at the sky or down at your feet when you’re entering our different regreening locations. You might find some Regreening Insights you didn’t spot at first!

About Our World

At Justdiggit, we want everyone to know about the amazing benefits and great potential of nature-based solutions for the regreening and cooling of our planet. However, to truly understand how these simple interventions transform entire landscapes, ecosystems and communities, you have to see it with your own eyes. And that’s where we run into a problem: we can’t transport the entire world to our project areas.

With this interactive experience, we found a solution. We decided to bring our regreening projects directly to you. Using your computer, smartphone or tablet, you can now immerse yourself in the daily life at our project sites. You will experience the gifts of nature, explore the great potential of large-scale, community-led regreening, and feel the beating heart of one of the most ambitious regreening movements in Africa – as if you were right there with us.

The project areas

Areas that will soon be green again

Ever wondered about the locations of our projects? Here is a helpful overview of the areas where we run landscape restoration projects in Kenya and Tanzania.

The project areas

The regreening projects cover over 400,000 hectares of land in Kenya and Tanzania. Together with farmers and pastoralists, we are regreening in multiple regions. We’ve categorised them in five landscapes: Chyulu, South Rift and Amboseli in Kenya, and Northern Tanzania and Central Tanzania. Check out the map to find the location of each landscape!

Spreading our wings

Even though Kenya and Tanzania are our most important areas, we also help run programmes in other parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. The Forests4Future programme together with GIZ (The German Agency for International Cooperation) for example, with which we helped scale and implement landscape restoration projects in Togo, Madagascar and Ethiopia.

Besides helping other NGO’s with regreening, we’re in the midst of expanding our own programmes to a new country as well: Senegal. You can expect a lot of regreening updates from this West African country in the future!

Maasai

Protecting the Maasai way of life

Kuku Group Ranch is home to the Maasai, a tribe of semi-nomadic pastoralists that move with their cattle from one place to another. Together, we are building a climate-resilient future!

Kuku Group Ranch and the Maasai

Kuku Group Ranch lies in an important migration corridor of 375,000 acres and hosts Africa’s most iconic wildlife: lions, elephants, leopards, zebras and giraffes. The majority of its 17.000 inhabitants are Maasai. This is one of the very few East African tribes that has retained most of its traditions, lifestyle and mythology. As these travelling pastoralists require large areas of land to sustain themselves, the increasing drought and land degradation have threatened their way of living and livelihoods.

The solution: regreening

To turn the tide and improve water and food security – for the people, their livestock and the areas’ wildlife – we regreen this degraded land together with the Maasai. This is our way of helping to protect their way of life!

Implementing partner

Regreening is done together

Partners from Justdiggit – like Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust (MWCT) in Kenya – are the beating heart of our landscape restoration work.

Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust (MWCT)

In Kuku Group Ranch, a critical wildlife corridor in southern Kenya, we work closely with the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust (MWCT). This is a Kenya-based NGO, which employs over 200 people from the Maasai community. The goal of MWCT is to preserve the wilderness and wildlife of Kuku Group Ranch and to protect the cultural heritage of the Maasai.

Community-led regreening

MWCT has been working in Kuku for over 20 years and has a strong connection with the local community and leaders. MWCT’s team of experts works with the Maasai community on a knowledge-sharing basis to create and implement holistic programmes in conservation, health, and education that serve the community, wildlife and natural ecosystems that are important to us all.

Rainwater harvesting

Water bunds make the earth smile!

Water bunds are our most well-known regreening technique, we also like to call them ‘earth smiles’. Let's dig deeper into this method!

Just dig it!

Water bunds are semi-circular-shaped pits that capture rainwater. They are dug in our project areas in Africa to capture rainwater that will otherwise get washed away over the dry, barren soil. By digging water bunds, we can regreen large areas quickly, benefiting biodiversity, nature, people – and eventually our climate.

Capturing rainwater

Water bunds are dug on slopes, with the ‘closed’ side of the bunds directing downhills. This way they can capture the water running downhill. This allows seeds in the soil to sprout, which regreens the dry and barren area in no time! The water bunds not only capture the rainwater, they also make sure that the water running downhill in between the water bunds is slowed down. Now the water also has a chance to enter the soil in between the water bunds. And… isn’t it great to see the earth smile again?

Across our regreening project sites in Kenya and Tanzania, we have now dug over 315,000 water bunds, which is good for the regreening of 39,060,000 m² of dry land!

Fun fact: Water bunds are usually 3 metres long and 6 metres wide, which is about the size of a small elephant.

Regreening with nature-based solutions

If nature is brought back by applying cost-effective nature-based solutions, we can mitigate global warming! This will benefit nature, biodiversity and people everywhere, and help cool down our planet.

The solution

Land degradation is a big challenge in many parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. It threatens the existence of communities, wildlife and entire ecosystems. Luckily, we can still turn things around! By using nature-based solutions we can regreen and restore degraded land very quickly. We use indigenous and easy-to-use regreening techniques such as digging bunds, tree restoration and developing grass seed banks. All our projects are owned and implemented by communities that live off the land.

Choosing the right technique

What regreening technique we use depends on the area’s physical conditions (land use, climate, soil conditions, slope) and social conditions (socio-economic structures and purpose of the land). We mainly use two techniques in Kenya: Rainwater harvesting (for example by digging bunds or adding stone lines) and establishing grass seed banks.

Thermal bund photo

Earth’s natural air conditioning

Did you know that trees and grasses are the natural cooling agents of the earth, cooling the temperatures in their direct environment? This thermal photo of a bund in Kuku shows the immediate cooling effects vegetation has on the soil.

Breathe in, breathe out

Vegetation cools down the environment in two ways. Firstly by creating little pockets of shade where people, their livestock and wildlife can find shelter from the scorching sun. Trees and plants also cool the air because their leaves breathe moisture into the air, just like we do when we breathe out.

A greener planet is a cooler planet

The positive effects of vegetation on the (micro-) climate are one of the major reasons why we’re on a mission to bring back as much green as possible. Our moonshot is to regreen all of Sub-Saharan Africa, together with implementation partners and communities. The more trees, the merrier!

Combating drought & desertification

Water bunds to the rescue

Water bunds are a great way to quickly regreen large areas of land, but they are not always necessary. We only dig them in severely damaged areas. Let’s dive into this subject a little more!

A last resort

We only dig bunds in areas that really need it. This is where the land is severely degraded and where nature needs a little push to recover to its former glory. In areas where the land is less degraded and the soil still contains some seeds, the land can be set aside to rest and, with a little help from sustainable grazing management, restore itself.

The perfect regreening solution in Kuku

Sadly, many parts of the Kuku region in Kenya require a different approach. Over time, the soil has eroded too much, which has washed and blown away the seeds in the soil. The land in the Kuku area is arid to semi-arid, and rainfall is sparse. This means we need to make the most of any rain that falls, by keeping the rainwater in the area. Water bunds help do this in the absence of vegetation; they capture rain so that the water can infiltrate the soil. Without the bunds, the rainwater would have simply washed away, been lost and the area left to dry – even after a good shower.

Bunds are the perfect regreening solution in Kuku, but regreening is not a one-size-fits-all solution. Further on in this experience, you will learn about several other of the many nature-based solutions we apply to restore land!

Beyond the bund

Making a big impact within a little time

One of the great things about earth smiles is that vegetation does not just grow back in the water bunds themselves. Over time, the green will spread all around, cooling down the entire area for the benefit of nature, animals and people!

Spreading the green

Water bunds regreen their immediate surroundings in three steps:

Step 1 - Water bunds prevent rainwater from washing away the fertile top-layer of the soil. This leaves more time for water to infiltrate or seep into the soil. This happens inside the water bund itself, but also in its surrounding area.

Step 2 - The increased moisture in the soil then helps vegetation to recover in the areas in between the water bunds.

Step 3 - The seeds of the vegetation inside the water bunds spread out and start growing outside them, where they lead to even more regreening!

The benefits of water bunds

Regreening degraded areas has many benefits. Bringing back vegetation prevents soil erosion, improves the quality of the soil and the water availability and cools down the planet by storing carbon. Vegetation does not only promote cooling of the earth globally, it also helps to cool down the environment locally. The shadow and transpiration of vegetation help to cool down the soil.

It’s honest work

Digging by hand

Digging by hand is hard work, but it’s essential for the long-term success and sustainability of the projects. The tools and techniques used are cost-effective, sustainable and bring local ownership. This means everyone can dig in and regreen their land!

The right tool for the job

When digging bunds, the farmers use a traditional tool: a Jembe. This is a tool for digging or working the land. As a regular water bund is 6 metres long, 3 metres wide and collects 2,100 litres of water, digging them with the Jembe is not an easy task. Luckily, it never takes long for the effort to be worth it.

We hear you wonder: why not just use machines?

Machines are expensive and require training and maintenance. More importantly, by letting the communities dig themselves, they gain ownership of the project. It creates more independence and allows communities to take charge of their own land. Because they are regreening their land, the project is a sustainable and long-term solution.

Boosting crop yields & incomes

Benefits of digging

As our projects are always community-led, our job is to make sure that everyone in the project area is on the same page and will reap the benefits of regreening. For a start, digging financially benefits surrounding communities and gets them involved right away.

Improving the soil is key

Restoring degraded land benefits the climate and nature of our entire planet. Of course, there are also massive benefits for the people living in these dry areas. Increased vegetation means more organic matter, more nutrients and more water in the soil. Thus, by regreening their farmlands, the pastoralists and farmers improve soil quality and water availability, which can positively affect crop yields and incomes.

Financial benefits of digging

Of course, it takes some time for the area to be regreened and thus before the communities can reap the benefits. Luckily, the participating pastoralists in our projects are paid per bund they dig. This is an extra incentive for them to join the program so they can experience the full advantage of regreened land later on.

If you want to get to know the pastoralists or farmers who are involved in the projects, check out this video below where they share their stories!

Bird's-eye view

It's larger than you think

Seen from above, the scale of our water bund project sites is quite mind-boggling, right? As you can imagine, managing all of this is a real team effort and hard work. Here, you can learn more about what managing the sites involves. Watch out for any curious birds up there, though!

The size of our water bund projects

It can be difficult to assess how large the water bunds are in real life when you look at it from high above. Let us help you. It differs from place to place, but water bunds are generally 5 meters long and 2,5 meters wide. A single bund can help regreen an area of 124 m2 and can collect and store 2,100 litres of water. With over 315,000 bunds dug during our projects thus far, we have collected billions of litres of water and regreened about 400,000 hectares of land!

The guardians of the bund sites

Overgrazing is one of the main reasons for land degradation. Thus, protecting the bund sites from overgrazing is very important and quite a challenge given the size of the project sites! The term refers to when wildlife or livestock excessively feed on pasture and the vegetation does not get enough time to recover.

The work of the rangers is therefore essential for the success of our programmes. They ensure the regreened areas are protected from overgrazing by livestock and protect the areas’ wildlife from poachers.

Grazing management

In our projects, we spread knowledge about the advantages and techniques of livestock and grazing management in various ways and help out in setting up grazing rules for communal land, always involving the Maasai communities.

We use landmarks and awareness campaigns to inform communities about where grazing rules apply. Grazing committees, consisting of 130 community members, are trained to supervise the sustainable management of the grasslands. They closely monitor the plots, so that the grass has time to grow back. This helps the areas to recover!

Boosting incomes & independence

Women-owned grass seed banks

In Kenya, our grass seed banks have been turned into landscape restoration enterprises. We support women from the Maasai community in growing, harvesting and selling the grass seeds, which gives them an additional source of income.

Green oasis in dry land

Grass seed banks are small parts of communal land that are used for the production of grass seeds and hay. They are managed and maintained by Maasai women groups in the area. Once the grasses are fully grown, the grasses produce grass seeds which are sold by the women on local markets or to other regreening projects. In this way, grass seed banks are not just a green oasis in dry and bare land; they’re also an additional source of income.

Stimulating female entrepreneurship whilst giving nature a boost

These projects help women become more independent and provide additional income for them. The women from the Maasai community who work on the grass seed banks receive various training, for example on seeding, harvesting and entrepreneurial and business-related skills. This expands their knowledge and helps them to become independent entrepreneurs!

The elephant and the bee

A sweet solution

Did you know that elephants are afraid of bees? Save the Elephants used this fun fact to come up with a clever solution to prevent elephants from entering the grass seed banks and possibly destroying the fences.

Beehives!

The Maasai women now attach them to the fences surrounding the grass seed banks. Not only do beehives keep elephants and other large wildlife away, but they also provide extra income as the communities can harvest and sell the honey produced by the bees.

Protecting the vulnerable young grasses

Protecting the grass seed banks from any unwanted intruders is essential because the grasses are very vulnerable in the early growing phases. Just like with our bund sites, we assist the community in making and enforcing clear grazing rules and the protection of the grass seed banks.

Securing resources

The storage unit

Protecting the hay from hungry rodents, the storage facility ensures the preservation of essential resources for future use.

Seed Sanctuary: Safe Storage for Growth

Within the storage facility lies a crucial sanctuary for seeds and hay. This dry haven not only protects these vital resources from the elements but also serves as a fortress against curious rodents seeking a snack. In this secure repository, the promise of future growth is safeguarded, ensuring the longevity and resilience of the grass seed bank projects.

Ripple effect

A bird’s eye view

Let’s zoom out a bit and explore the impact of grass seed banks on the wider environment. They are catalysers for positive change within entire ecosystems and communities!

Reintroducing seeds

The return of these grass seed banks to the ecosystem catalyses ecological recovery. As these native seeds are reintroduced, they contribute to the rejuvenation of the surrounding vegetation, initiating growth processes.

Growth beyond borders

This positive impact is not confined to the immediate area; the grass seeds, often distributed and sold by Maasai women’s groups to other landscape restoration projects, play a pivotal role in the broader initiative of regreening. By spreading these seeds to different locations, these projects extend their influence, participating in the regeneration of diverse areas and further promoting the restoration and sustainability of ecosystems.

A woman-owned business

In our projects in Kuku Group Ranch and OOGR (Kenya), we started to turn the grass seed banks into landscape restoration enterprises. We support women from the Maasai community in growing, harvesting and selling the grass seeds, so they can earn additional income. This can help the women to pay for school fees, health care and to support their families. It can also improve their status in the community, as everyone can see that it is their entrepreneurship that makes the grass seed banks such successful projects.

Indigenous seeds

Using native grasses

All our regreening projects are here for the long run. For our grass seed banks, we only use grass seeds that are native to the area, because native species help create and maintain healthy ecosystems.

Maasai love grass

The seeds we use for our grass seed banks are Cenchrus ciliaris (also known as African foxtail grass) and Eragrostis superba (Maasai love grass). Both these species of grass are native to the area. We use native species because they are well-adapted to the arid conditions and therefore do not need water to grow.

Benefits of grass seed banks

Erosion Control: These native grass species possess robust root systems that help prevent soil erosion. By stabilising the soil, they mitigate the impact of wind and water, safeguarding against the loss of fertile topsoil.
Biodiversity Support: Cenchrus ciliaris and Eragrostis superba contribute to the restoration of biodiversity by creating favourable habitats for various plant and animal species. This promotes a balanced and resilient ecosystem.
Livestock Forage: Both grass species are palatable and nutritious, serving as valuable forage for livestock. This not only supports local pastoral communities but also encourages sustainable grazing practices.

Water Conservation: Well-adapted to arid conditions, these grasses have evolved to thrive with minimal water requirements. By using them, we promote water conservation, crucial in regions where water scarcity is a concern.
Aesthetic Improvement: Beyond their ecological benefits, the grasses enhance the visual appeal of landscapes, contributing to the overall aesthetics of regreened areas.
Community Engagement: The utilisation of native grass seeds fosters community involvement and ownership in regreening efforts. The communities in the project areas often have indigenous knowledge about these species, creating a sense of connection and pride in the restoration process.

Climate Influencer and biodiversity hub

Mount Kilimanjaro

Rising proudly in Tanzania at 19,341 feet, Mount Kilimanjaro influences the region's climate and spans diverse ecosystems. As the mountain’s snow and ice caps are melting and shrinking due to climate change at an alarming rate, we started the Kilimanjaro Alive project a few years ago.

Kilimanjaro's significance

This towering giant isn’t just a national icon and place of pilgrimage for international mountaineers. Its water resources also play a pivotal role in shaping the landscape. Kilimanjaro captures moisture from the Indian Ocean on its slopes. The resulting runoff nourishes a network of rivers and streams, fostering ecosystems and sustaining biodiversity downstream.

The Serengeti-Mara and Great Kilimanjaro-Amboseli-Tsavo wildlife reserves share their borders with the mountain, which creates a habitat for a diverse range of species.

Justdiggit’s Kilimanjaro Alive project

We started the Kilimanjaro Alive project to preserve and even restore Kilimanjaro’s shrinking and melting ice caps, by involving communities and farmers in regreening and restoration of the surrounding landscape. Together, we are retaining rainwater to protect Mount Kilimanjaro’s glaciers, given the vital role of these water sources within the surrounding ecosystems.

Teamwork

LEAD Foundation

Large-scale regreening is not a job for one person, organisation, or country. It requires unprecedented cooperation on a global scale. That’s why we have always worked together with as many partners as possible and will continue to do so until the entire planet is green again. One of our most trusted and long-term partners is LEAD Foundation, a leading Tanzanian NGO facilitating community-initiated and led regreening programs.

Regreening Tanzania

LEAD Foundation is a purpose-driven organisation that originated in 2011 and has developed into one of the leading NGOs in environmental conservation in Tanzania. LEAD has offices in Mpwapwa where it was founded and in Dodoma – the capital city of Tanzania. It also has field offices in Singida and Arusha.

Since its origination, LEAD has transformed the lives of thousands of farmers. This NGO is active in multiple regions in Tanzania, but mostly in the Dodoma region, where they work with more than 400 communities.

The founder: Bishop Simon Chiwanga

The retired Bishop Simon Chiwanga is the founder and chairman of LEAD Foundation. He is a remarkable man with a longstanding interest in and commitment to regreening. He served as the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Mpwapwa for 17 years, while searching for ways to transform and strengthen communities by restoring degraded landscapes. He came into contact with the technique of Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) and thus learnt that trees could be regenerated using the power of the large root systems.

He founded LEAD Foundation in 2011 right after his retirement. Even 13 years later, his passion for environmental conservation and community development hasn’t dwindled. He still regularly attends training sessions that are organised for champion farmers and is often to be found in the field with the farmers.

Communities first

LEAD Foundation is committed to an integrated approach to help transform communities and their environments. Community development and education plays an important role here. By organising training sessions, they equip communities and their leaders with all that is required to restore land successfully.

School children project

An example of LEAD’s commitment to serving communities via environmental education is its children’s programme. Primary school pupils can do this extracurricular activity where they learn in a playful but educational way how to bring back trees. By involving children from a young age, we can create a sustainable and greener future for the planet together!

Monitoring impact

The numbers tell the tale

To improve and scale up our regreening efforts, we need close monitoring of our impact. Learn more about how we do this and the dedicated team that is in charge of this.

No half-measures

The MEL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning) side of this work is very important. It helps us track our regreening progress and gives us essential data to improve the programmes.

Our MEL team monitors multiple key performance indicators, such as the area covered by the restoration work and how many people actively participate in regreening activities. Needless to say, we also monitor the number of trees that have been brought back with Treecovery. We use the results of these indicators to estimate the contribution of our projects to carbon sequestration and water retention in the landscapes. We don’t take half-measures when it comes to impact!

Counting, counting, and counting…

Most of the trees that are brought back with Treecovery are counted manually and registered in booklets. The programme coordinators and champion farmers work together in periodically visiting the participating farmers and counting every single tree that is brought back with Treecovery. It’s quite a task!

You will learn more about programme coordinators and champion farmers later on in this experience because they are essential for the success of this work.

Google Earth Smiles

We have been experimenting more and more with utilising remote sensing data to measure the regreening impact. Satellites can give us great insight into several key performance indicators, such as the number of trees that have been brought back, how much grass grows in the bunds and even the amount of water that has been retained. These technologies allow us to keep track of things on a gigantic scale!

Speaking of space, did you know that you can now actually see the bund projects on Google Maps?

Treecovery

Justdiggit x LEAD Foundation

In 2017 Justdiggit and LEAD Foundation joined forces to deliver on one of the largest ecosystem restoration programmes in Tanzania: Treecovery, or – as we like to call it in Tanzania – Kisiki Hai (that’s Swahili for ‘living stump’). With Treecovery, Tanzanian farmers already brought back over 17,5 million trees – and we’re just getting started!

What is Treecovery

Treecovery, apart from Kisiki Hai also known as Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR), is the selecting, pruning and protecting of stumps of previously cut-down (but alive!) trees, which are widespread in Africa’s farming lands. With the right care, these stumps get the chance to grow into real trees again – with a much higher survival rate (over 80%) compared to planting new trees.

The area

Most of the programme is located in central Tanzania, containing the Dodoma and Singida region and multiple districts in Iringa, Morogoro and Manyara. In these regions, the complex problems of deforestation, land degradation and climate change put enormous pressure on ecosystems, natural resources and livelihoods. That’s why it’s essential to start regreening here!

Sustaining the impact long-term

Regreening entire areas isn’t a one-time commitment. To truly restore land sustainably, we need to be in it for the long haul. That’s why, for each village in our Treecovery programme, we make a 20-year commitment: 3 years of active training and coaching, followed by a sustainability programme of 17 years. This ensures an entire generation is brought up with the knowledge of these practices and the impact is sustained long-term.

Programme Coordinators

Meet the managers

Every successful project needs someone who can connect people and ensure that every piece of the puzzle comes together. In our projects, we are lucky to have fantastic programme coordinators who play this part!

Supporting farmers

Individual farmers, village representatives and champion farmers – our projects have many stakeholders with whom we are in touch and who might require support. The programme coordinators play a major role in this process. Every 3 months, they visit all the participating villages within their district by motor, to support farmers, champions and village leaders with their knowledge and experience. They understand the possible difficulties farmers come across and help implement the projects because they are from the area themselves and have a lot of experience with regreening.

Realising sustainable impact

Coordinators play a crucial role in the sustainability of the realised impact, as they motivate policymakers and other important actors to become part of this regreening movement. Together with village leaders and district officials, they can boost long-term sustainability by formulating legislation about sustainable land management, water harvesting and the protection of trees.

Eyes and ears on the ground

Our monitoring approach would not work without the coordinators. During their frequent village visits, they actively check the number of trees and length of water-harvesting trenches that are recorded by champion farmers. This way, we can trust that the data we receive is valid and accurate.

Another regreening technique

Fanya Juu & Fanya Chini

Throw it up, throw it down!

Digging trenches

Besides Treecovery, another regreening technique we often apply, is a combination of Fanya Juu & Fanya Chini. This rainwater harvesting method is based on digging narrow trenches up to 120 metres long along the contours of farmland.

How it works

Fanya Chini consists of trenches and earthen ridges that face downslope. The ridges prevent the rain that falls outside the farm from flowing into or through the farm, protecting the fertile soil from erosion. Fanya Juu prevents the rain that falls within the farm from flowing away, increasing water availability for the crops on the land. In the end, both of these techniques help to regreen land.

FUN FACT:

the name Fanya Chini means ‘throw it downwards’ in Swahili and Fanya Juu means ‘throw it upwards’.

FUN FACT: the name Fanya Chini literally means ‘throw it downwards’ in Swahili and Fanya Juu means ‘throw it upwards’.

Bringing back trees

The 4 steps of Treecovery

From stump to tree in less than 2 years. By regenerating forgotten tree stumps with Treecovery, we’ve regenerated over 17,5 million trees in Tanzania together with farmers and LEAD foundation. Let us explain how!

Re-growing trees

A common misconception about our work is that we regreen by planting new trees. We don’t! Instead, we do something that works much quicker and is more sustainable in the long run: the reviving of trees. By making use of the potential of millions of living (!) tree stumps that are to be found in farmlands, grazing land and degraded forests all over Africa, we bring back native trees to the continent with a survival rate of over 80%.

Back to the roots

The high survival rate of Treecovery trees has two main reasons. Firstly, re-grown trees and naturally occurring sprouts have a good chance of survival as these native species are adapted to the local climate. Secondly, the (often old and large) root systems of the felled trees are already present and reach deep into the soil. This provides them with essential nutrients and allows them to reach the deep groundwater, additionally increasing their growth and survival!

Bringing back trees in 4 steps

As you can see in this video, there are 4 steps to bring back trees with ‘Kisiki Hai’

CHAgua (select): select the stumps you want to protect
POgolea (prune): select the best few shoots of the stump and cut all the others
Alama (mark): put a mark by fastening a colorful piece of fabric around the stems that you want to let grow
TUnza (protect): keep protecting the trees throughout the year

Easy reminder: CHAPOA TU! (which means ‘It’s only cool’ in Swahili).

Want to learn more? Watch this video below.

Treecovery

Why trees are awesome

Trees are essential for the health of our planet. The more, the better! Here are some of the most important benefits of bringing back trees.

Benefits for the farmer

More trees on farmlands protect farmers, their families and livestock from the sun by providing little pockets of shade and shelter. Trees also have a natural cooling effect on their immediate environment because their leaves breathe moisture into the air, just like we do when we breathe out. This cools down the entire farm. Lastly, trees help to stop the water from flowing away over the farmland. This means that the fertile top layer of the soil will not be washed away, the rainwater will enter the soil more easily, and the land will produce more crops!

Benefits of trees for the entire planet

By bringing back trees, farmers are not only creating more shaded and fertile land for their crops. Bringing back trees benefits our entire planet! Here are the three main benefits of trees:

Trees help clean the air we breathe. Through their leaves, they absorb carbon and harmful pollutants and release clean oxygen for us to breathe.
Trees play a key role in capturing rainwater and reducing the risk of natural disasters like floods and landslides. Their intricate root systems improve the quality of the soil and enhance water infiltration into the soil.
They also provide habitat to over 80% of the world's biodiversity. A single tree can be home to hundreds of species of insects, fungi, moss, mammals, and plants!

Reviving nature

Why do we re-grow trees?

We do not plant trees. We re-grow ‘old’ ones instead. This is a much more effective and sustainable way to regreen the planet than by planting new trees. Here’s why:

Survival rate

Re-grown trees and naturally occurring sprouts have a bigger chance of survival, as they are native species and already adapted to the local climate. Many tree-planting initiatives choose to introduce new species to ecosystems, which is an important reason for their low survival rate.

Utilising old root systems

The often old and large root systems of the felled trees are already present and reach deep into the soil. This provides the re-grown trees with essential nutrients and allows them to reach the deep groundwater, additionally increasing their growth and survival.

Increase in biodiversity

When re-growing trees, diverse species are often brought back. This leads to an increase in biodiversity. When planting new trees, it’s unfortunately common that only one type of tree is being used for a larger area.

Food security

More trees = more food

Bringing back trees is not just good for cooling down the planet. The soil becomes fertile again, which leads to more and better crops, as well as more (drinking) water. This means better water availability, food security and more biodiversity.

Keeping the fertile soil on the farm

Trees help to increase the fertility of the soil in two ways. First, by stopping the rainwater from flowing over the land. This means that the fertile top layer of the soil is not washed away and that the water can seep deep into the soil. The extensive root systems of trees aid in this process by opening up the soil even more. It allows crops and other vegetation to grow even during times of drought.

The second way that trees increase soil fertility is through their leaves. Fallen leaves break down over time and sink into the soil. New plants that can sprout under the tree will eat this. Additionally, the softened soil beneath the tree will allow for the growth of strong roots for new plants to grow.

Cleaning up misconceptions

The phrase and understanding that ‘a clean farm is a healthy farm,’ is commonplace in some areas in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is a misconception that has its roots in the agricultural practices that were promoted during the history of colonialism.

However, times are changing and more and more (African) farmers acknowledge that trees are essential for creating healthy farmlands. To help accelerate this process, we use education as a tool to help farmers experience the benefits of trees for their families, crops and environment. This in turn allows the young trees to grow big, as the farmers protect them from grazing animals (such as goats) and don’t decide to cut them down.

Communications

Regreening hearts & minds

Our goal is to inspire and mobilise millions of subsistence farmers and pastoralists in sub-Saharan Africa to make dry land green again. We’re also on a mission to let the entire world know about the benefits of nature-based solutions and grow a global landscape restoration movement. Grassroots communication and media outlets such as radio, TV and billboards are essential for achieving these aims.

Inspiring farmers to start regreening

Grassroots communication plays an essential role in bringing about the change our planet needs. We use it to make people in communities aware that there are solutions for large-scale land degradation and show them how regreening can be done easily and sustainably. To reach millions of rural farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa through targeted messaging, we use communication tools such as movie roadshows, radio programs, murals and SMS services.

Global awareness campaigns

Our global online and offline awareness campaigns are developed to inspire, unite and activate an entire generation when it comes to regreening using nature-based solutions. We want to show everyone that there are answers to the biggest ecological challenges of our time – and that these solutions are surprisingly simple. We can all be part of the solution!

By delivering the right message, to the right audience at the right time, we regreen hearts and minds all over the world. Our network of media partners helps us spread this message and spread the green.

Radio program

Together with our partners LEAD Foundation, Dodoma FM and Farm Radio International we developed a special Kisiki Hai (Treecovery) radio program. We aim to inspire and activate farmers throughout Tanzania to start regreening their land, without having to visit them physically.

Digital Regreen App

One app, millions of re-grown trees

With our Regreen App, we will enable millions of farmers to regreen land, without the need for any on-the-ground support. We can’t wait to tell you all about it!

Connecting millions of people

Did you know that there are more than 350 million subsistence farmers in Africa? This is more than the total number of people living in the United States! What if we could connect all of these farmers in one big regreening movement and inspire them to regreen their land with nature-based solutions?

Our Regreen App

To make that happen, we’re developing a mobile application that will make it possible for any farmer to regreen their land independently, without the need for the physical presence of an NGO such as Justdiggit. With our Regreen App, we can easily connect with millions of farmers and inspire them to start learning about nature-based restoration techniques to bring back natural vegetation and improve their crop yields.

With the rapidly growing worldwide smartphone penetration, in both urban and rural areas, soon everyone with an internet-ready phone can become an ambassador for regreening!

More benefits

Fuel for growth

One of the reasons for the success of Treecovery is the immediate and long-term benefits that farmers experience from bringing back trees to their farmland. Here is an overview of them.

Long-term benefits

Bringing back trees helps to cool down the entire planet. Aside from this, it also comes with great benefits for individual farmers, who bring back trees on their land. The long-term effects – when a Treecovery tree is fully grown – are more water availability, soil fertility, better crop yields and more shade from the sun.

Immediate benefits

Luckily, there are also some immediate benefits to bringing back trees. As people are mostly dependent on fire for their cooking, sustainably pruning the trees immediately gives farmers wood to use for cooking or heating their homes. By carefully pruning the branches only, the growing tree will acquire new branches in no time and the farmers acquire a steady supply of firewood. They may also use the wood to build fences for their livestock.

Spreading awareness

More green on the big screen

We broadcast our educational documentaries during the movie roadshows to inspire people and show how easy it is to restore dry and degraded land. We’ve also decided to feature a famous Tanzanian comedian in one of the documentaries to reach more people, and it worked!

Documentaries

For this movie roadshow, we collaborated with young film directors and LEAD Foundation to create educational movies. Specifically, the Kisiki Hai (Treecovery) movies aim to educate and inspire farmers through a storytelling narrative about the different types and positive effects of Treecovery.

Our Kisiki Hai film featuring Jaymondy

The popular Tanzanian comedian Jaymondy makes us laugh, yet he is very serious about the regreening of our planet! He plays the lead in our Kisiki Hai II movie and creates awareness about our projects on his social media channels. His sense of humour and acting skills are an important part of the success of this film during the movie roadshows. Karibu sana, Jaymondy!

Educative & fun

Welcome to the Movie Roadshow

This unique, festive event inspires and mobilises people to start regreening. It’s one of the most effective (and fun) ways to reach people in the areas where we work. We’ll tell you more about it!

A moving spectacle

The movie roadshow is part of our regreening programme, created in collaboration with LEAD Foundation, and is filled with theatre, music, dance, and performances. The video roadshow will drive from village to village, showing the Kisiki Hai (Treecovery) movies. The movie roadshow aims to reach, inform and inspire as many people as possible to start regreening their land.

Treecovery demonstration

An integral part of the roadshow is a demonstration by one of our colleagues from LEAD Foundation on how to prune a tree with Treecovery. This gives people of all ages the opportunity to learn about these techniques first-hand, ask questions and experience the benefits of recovering trees.

The universal language

Every roadshow is unique

Music and dance can unite people like nothing else. That’s why the local dance groups of every village we visit with our movie roadshow prepare unique dances and songs for the event, usually in their native language. This gives each movie roadshow its own unique flavour.

Positive change through music

Music plays a huge role in Tanzanian culture. Therefore, each village we visit with our movie roadshow has its own dance group that performs songs during the event. They will usually prepare one or two songs wherein they raise awareness of the importance of Kisiki Hai (Treecovery) and environmental protection.

Expression of local identity

The songs are performed in the native language, which belongs to a specific tribe or region, so the performances can differ a lot depending on the area. Having songs in their native language makes the subject clearer to the community but also increases awareness and the communities’ ownership of the agenda – they feel it’s for them. Some other traditional songs, which may not necessarily have a specific meaning but do get a good party started, may also be sung.

The next generations

A greener future

Our movie roadshows are anything but dull. It’s a thrilling, fun-filled event that leaves people regardless of age and background inspired. This is important because we try to engage a young audience to help us create a greener future!

Fun and education combined

Almost half of the +/- 60 million Tanzanians are under 18. This means that there is a huge opportunity to connect an entire generation around regreening land using nature-based solutions. This is why we focus on engaging young people during our movie roadshows in a fun but educational way.

Engaging the younger generation to regreen the planet

To engage children and teenagers, we make sure that the programme during the movie roadshow is full of dancing, music and entertainment. In our general communication efforts, we collaborate with celebrities that are popular among the youth, such as the Tanzanian comedian Jaymondy and musicians Christina Shusho, Jo Makini, Frida Amani and Ben Pol. They combined their voices and released the track ‘Kijanisha’ to spread the regreening message all over Tanzania. They encourage everyone to join the movement and ‘Dig in’ for a greener, cooler world!

Colourful clothing

Clothing and identity

Not only do these fabrics look good, they are super versatile and part of the Tanzanian identity. Here is a quick overview for you to learn more about this amazing piece of fabric.

Kangas add colour to the world

It’s customary for many Tanzanians to wear vividly coloured cotton clothes. Cotton kangas and kitenges are an important part of Swahili culture, you’ll see them a lot! They’re locally produced and mostly worn by women, but men make shirts out of kanga too.

A versatile piece

The Tanzanian kanga is very versatile and has many uses, for example:

Carrying children or luggage, which makes it quite practical in daily life
As a stylish headwrap
For others, as the perfect apron or gown
As a pot holder placed on the head when carrying a pot of water. This is popular in the village, where villagers depend on the river as a source of water.

The authorities

Meeting the elders

As we believe in community-led regreening, our projects only happen with permission and full participation of the communities. That’s why we always discuss our plans for organising a movie roadshow long in advance with community leaders.

Organising community meetings

In many Tanzanian communities, respecting the elders is one of the most important cultural norms. The oldest people are therefore often leaders within communities and villages. Together with LEAD Foundation, we visit and discuss our movie roadshow plans with these community leaders before actually hosting a show. We do this by organising community meetings where we share our plans and where people can ask questions or raise objections.

The benefits of regreening for the community

As the elders often have seen their land change and dry up dramatically throughout their lifetime, it never takes long before we have permission to organise a movie roadshow that promotes sustainable regreening. They realise that adopting these techniques can make a positive difference for their community, as it can drastically increase water availability, soil fertility and food security.

About Our World

At Justdiggit, we want everyone to know about the amazing benefits and great potential of nature-based solutions for the regreening and cooling of our planet. However, to truly understand how these simple interventions transform entire landscapes, ecosystems and communities, you have to see it with your own eyes. And that’s where we run into a problem: we can’t transport the entire world to our project areas.

With this interactive experience, we found a solution. We decided to bring our regreening projects directly to you. Virtually, wherever you are. Using your computer, smartphone or tablet, you can now immerse yourself in the daily life at our project sites. You will experience the gifts of nature, explore new possibilities for a better tomorrow, and feel the beating heart of one of the most ambitious regreening movements in Africa – as if you were right there with us.

Come on in and experience Our World.

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18. USER DATA

We will maintain certain data that you transmit to the Services for the purpose of managing the performance of the Services, as well as data relating to your use of the Services. Although we perform regular routine backups of data, you are solely responsible for all data that you transmit or that relates to any activity you have undertaken using the Services. You agree that we shall have no liability to you for any loss or corruption of any such data, and you hereby waive any right of action against us arising from any such loss or corruption of such data.

19. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, TRANSACTIONS, AND SIGNATURES

Visiting the Services, sending us emails, and completing online forms constitute electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic communications, and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Services, satisfy any legal requirement that such communication be in writing. YOU HEREBY AGREE TO THE USE OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES, CONTRACTS, ORDERS, AND OTHER RECORDS, AND TO ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF NOTICES, POLICIES, AND RECORDS OF TRANSACTIONS INITIATED OR COMPLETED BY US OR VIA THE SERVICES. You hereby waive any rights or requirements under any statutes, regulations, rules, ordinances, or other laws in any jurisdiction which require an original signature or delivery or retention of non-electronic records, or to payments or the granting of credits by any means other than electronic means.

20. CALIFORNIA USERS AND RESIDENTS

If any complaint with us is not satisfactorily resolved, you can contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento, California 95834 or by telephone at (800) 952-5210 or (916) 445-1254.

21. MISCELLANEOUS

These Legal Terms and any policies or operating rules posted by us on the Services or in respect to the Services constitute the entire agreement and understanding between you and us. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Legal Terms shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. These Legal Terms operate to the fullest extent permissible by law. We may assign any or all of our rights and obligations to others at any time. We shall not be responsible or liable for any loss, damage, delay, or failure to act caused by any cause beyond our reasonable control. If any provision or part of a provision of these Legal Terms is determined to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision or part of the provision is deemed severable from these Legal Terms and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. There is no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency relationship created between you and us as a result of these Legal Terms or use of the Services. You agree that these Legal Terms will not be construed against us by virtue of having drafted them. You hereby waive any and all defences you may have based on the electronic form of these Legal Terms and the lack of signing by the parties hereto to execute these Legal Terms.

22. GYROSCOPE FEATURE:

The 360-degree gyroscope feature is designed to offer users an interactive experience. We are not responsible for any damage or injury resulting from the use of this feature. Users are expected to use the feature responsibly and safely, being mindful of their surroundings to avoid accidents or damage.

23. CONTACT US

In order to resolve a complaint regarding the Services or to receive further information regarding use of the Services, please contact us at:

Stichting Justdiggit Foundation
Prins Hendrikkade 25
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland 1012TM
Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)20 737 23 66
marjolein@justdiggit.org

Privacy policy

Last updated: January 19, 2024

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where "control" means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.
Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Stichting Justdiggit Foundation, Prins Hendrikkade 25, 1012TM Amsterdam.
Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
Country refers to: Netherlands
Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
Service refers to the Website.
Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
Website refers to Justdiggit.org, accessible from https://ourworld.justdiggit.org/
You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

Usage Data

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. You can learn more about cookies on TermsFeed website article.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

Necessary / Essential Cookies
Type: Session Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.
Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
Functionality Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You.
For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.

Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service.

You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that allows you to manage Your personal information. You may also contact Us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that You have provided to Us.

Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

Comply with a legal obligation
Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

By email: marjolein@justdiggit.org
By visiting this page on our website: https://justdiggit.org/contact/
By phone number: +31 (0)20 737 23 66

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