Our history

Dream International was started in 2015 as a community tree and forest restoration project in Kyamukube and Katebwa areas of Rwenzori Mountain in Bunyangabu District by Mbakania Joshua who for a longtime has harbored a vision to restore the degraded mountain ecosystem of the Rwenzori. Ever since, this mission has evolved into a community based organization with an expanded mission to serve the whole mountain range and its hinterland. This mission is enormous and thanks to the support of tree and forest restoration partners and the local communities who embrace the idea that restoration of the mountain ecosystems of the Rwenzori not only serves to stabilize the environment the local area and it provides a public good for the rest of the planet. The importance of the global positioning of the Rwenzori Mountain ecosystem cannot be overemphasized. Given its significance as one of the biodiversity hotspots in the Albertine Rift and a wetland of international importance (Ramsar Site), Rwenzori Mountain offers a unique and pristine landscape of diverse natural vegetation that has been called “Africa’s botanical big game”.