Cathy H Watson

Ashoka fellow, Senior Advisor, Center for Intl Forestry Research CIFOR & World Agroforestry ICRAF, Alum Princeton, Missouri @MUAgroforestry, Views my own

[Cathy H Watson @CWatsonICRAF]

@Makerere_Medics @rkalyes1 @eddympuuga @SabrinaKitaka @AtukundaAnneR @Ktuyisengee @MMuruhuura @kitibrian @MakCHS_SOM @ICOMakchs @MakerereCHS Bright shiny brilliant hardworking people

[Cathy H Watson @CWatsonICRAF]

@TF_Global Beautiful

[Cathy H Watson @CWatsonICRAF]

So great to hang out with other social entrepreneurs and meet the FUSE team from #Uganda who grew up reading @STFUganda publications which they say, as pupils, they looked forward to monthly. Lots of energy in the room. Thank you, @Ashoka @VINCENT_ODH 🌱🪾👊🏾🪺🌿💯✅

[Pan-African Social Enterprise Summit (PSES) @PSES2026]

On Monday 25th May, 2026, FUSE signed an MoU with @ashokaea to officially partner on the PSES 2026.
We were also joined by other key players in the sector who brought energy & ideas to the table during the event.

Huge thanks to the Ashoka Team for walking this journey with us!

[Cathy H Watson @CWatsonICRAF]

Download 1st book on Africa's urban forest & green space: 14 countries, street trees, parks, city forests @UNHABITAT @FAO @CIFOR_ICRAF @EdgarOjeda17 @karurafriends @ABG_49 @KuwadzanaPress @UrbanForest @UrbanForestryUK @BloombergCities @ISArboriculture @TreesforStreets @JadDaley

[JoburgParksZoo @JoburgParksZoo]

Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo is excited to announce the publication of the first-ever e-book focused on African urban forests and green spaces. The book, titled ''Urban Forests and Green Spaces in Africa: Case Studies and Lessons from Across the Continent, presents valuable insights and examples from various locations across the continent.

Urban forests and green spaces have languished across the African continent. But that is changing. Last year, the City of Johannesburg hosted the first in-person African Forum on Urban Forests, with 430 government officials, foresters, and activists from 35 African states in attendance. Today, it releases a pioneering book on urban trees in 30-plus African towns.

From transplanting giant Baobabs in Dakar, Senegal, to creating dense plantings called Miyawaki forests in Nairobi, Kenya, to stopping floods and bringing back birds with trees around a landfill in Durban, eThekwini, to deploying trees to tackle domestic violence and poor mental health in townships in Harare, Zimbabwe, it is all in this book.

JCPZ is proud to release this book, which will stand on the global stage. Researchers and experts say the book will be a reference text.

🔗Download the e-book here⬇

https://t.co/dL62NFX1Os

#AFUF #UrbanForests #JCPZ

[Cathy H Watson @CWatsonICRAF]

Read this just launched book. With 34 case studies from 14 countries by 74 academics, gov officials, practitioners, activists, it covers street trees, parks, and city forests and sets a way forward for the continent. Access here https://t.co/uXPULxG8qt or https://t.co/BCJiAQV6dw

[Cathy H Watson @CWatsonICRAF]

Demand cessation of destructive tree cutting in Diani Beach - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/g9sm2TWy5H via @Change

[Cathy H Watson @CWatsonICRAF]

@AttoGladys @Dr_ErimaDenis @OSUsocietyofug So great @AttoGladys I have had this procedure and it is controlling my normal tension glaucoma. Go, doctors in Uganda!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽✅💯

[Cathy H Watson @CWatsonICRAF]

@BerwaKizito @LegacyTreeRw @rulindodistrict @GakenkeDistrict @Muhangadis @Kamonyi @RuhangoDistrict @NgororeroDistr @BugeseraDistr @RwamaganaDistr @MellonFdn @Heritage_Nation Me too!!

[Cathy H Watson @CWatsonICRAF]

@karurafriends @MaryRobinson Lovely!!!!

[Cathy H Watson @CWatsonICRAF]

@DrOribaDan I will circulate. I attended an amazing conference on dementia in Kenya. Will forward to those luminaries. You might already be in touch. But fantastic work.

[Cathy H Watson @CWatsonICRAF]

Not only brilliant but can also dance!! What joy. Pls share a pdf or open access link to your journal article.

[Dr. Oriba Dan Langoya @DrOribaDan]

We are at Acholi Inn. Gulu City for Faculty of Medicine Gulu University Final year Students /MBChB & Public Health Students Medical Dinner. 🎊🎊📚📚✍️✍️🇺🇬🇺🇬
Enjoy your time because such a time will never come again. 🇺🇬🇺🇬🎊🎊

[Cathy H Watson @CWatsonICRAF]

@JonathonLEarle @DumbartonOaks @rkinyanji Apparently not lol. Invitation only. What a great topic though. Try to avoid waffle and tell us what species were in those gardens.

[Cathy H Watson @CWatsonICRAF]

@JonathonLEarle @DumbartonOaks @rkinyanji How exciting!!! I’ll be there.

[Cathy H Watson @CWatsonICRAF]

@PrimeTimeComms @AVSIUganda Congratulations to AVSI, UK in Uganda and the communities. We would love to learn more about the model.

[Prime Time Communications @PrimeTimeComms]

While delivering her remarks at the #SMILESandGERLearningSummit, Victoria Pugnali, Senior Programme Manager at the British High Commission Kampala, noted that the commission proudly supports @AVSIUganda Phase II of the Graduating to Economic Resilience project after Phase I’s remarkable 89.4% graduation rate, showcasing the power of evidence-based interventions to transform lives.

She highlighted that Uganda is setting a global standard in refugee self-reliance research, driving sustainable impact. In a tight funding environment, scaling efficient, cost-effective models is more critical than ever.

“We remain committed to partnering with Uganda to promote sustainable pathways out of poverty and translate evidence into lasting policy change under its generous open-door refugee policy.”

#SMILESandGERLearningSummit #beyoundgraduation #marketsystems #selfreliance #graduation

[Cathy H Watson @CWatsonICRAF]

@MombasaCountyKe

[Cathy H Watson @CWatsonICRAF]

It’s a hard life for a street tree planted in the median of a busy avenue in #Mombasa But we are planting 40 of 11 indigenous species today!! ⁦@bgci⁩ ⁦@CIFOR_ICRAF⁩ ⁦@elianeubalijoro⁩ Thanks, ⁦@KeNHAKenya⁩ ⁦@JadDaley⁩ ⁦@Terraformation_⁩

[Cathy H Watson @CWatsonICRAF]

It’s a hard life for a street tree planted in the median of a busy avenue in #Mombasa But we are planting 40 of 11 indigenous species today!! ⁦@bgci⁩ ⁦@CIFOR_ICRAF⁩ ⁦@elianeubalijoro⁩ Thanks, ⁦@KeNHAKenya⁩ ⁦@JadDaley⁩ ⁦@Terraformation_⁩

[Cathy H Watson @CWatsonICRAF]

@AttoGladys Very sorry. That’s a grumpy personality. You’re doing beautiful work. Don’t think about it.

[Cathy H Watson @CWatsonICRAF]

@oloo_vicent_ Yes!!!! Keep showing up. It’s 80% of everything. Arriving in Canada in an ice storm this week, wind blew the airplane so it was not level with the disembarking passage. Engineers rushed from everywhere!!