Advocacy
Our advocacy team works to accelerate and scale up community-led ecosystem restoration across Africa's drylands by bringing the voices of dryland communities to the national, regional and international level to create and support enabling environments for the communities we serve.
Fabrice Yi-Bour Bazie, Regional Communications & Advocacy Coordinator
Fabrice joined Tree Aid in 2022 and is the Regional Communication and Advocacy Coordinator for our West Africa office. He has a degree in communication and journalism and is certified as an NGO and association manager. After ten years of practicing journalism, he moved into communications, working for a civil society organisation promoting budgetary transparency. He previously worked for the National Coordination of the Great Green Wall of Burkina Faso and OCADES Caritas Burkina. Fabrice has conducted and participated in several studies and training courses as a consultant in Burkina Faso and the sub-region.
Pietro Carpena, Head of Programme Quality and Advocacy
Pietro has over 20 years of experience in sustainable agriculture, agroforestry, and watershed management in a development context, with over 10 years' work with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), as well as with other international development charities. At Tree Aid, Pietro is responsible for supporting the improvement of programme quality and leading our advocacy team.
Rabeca Lauriciano, Advocacy Advisor
Rabeca joined Tree Aid in April 2024. She is responsible for leading the organisation’s climate finance and carbon finance advocacy work at the international level. She has an extensive background in international policy and advocacy, with a focus on climate change and human rights. Rabeca is passionate about nature and its vital role in addressing the climate crisis. She previously worked for Save the Children International in climate advocacy and disaster risk reduction in-country.
Sarah Mathewson, Advocacy Advisor
Sarah joined Tree Aid in May 2024. She provides support to our country teams to increase their advocacy skills, to develop and implement national advocacy strategies and to strengthen the impact of our advocacy work. Prior to joining Tree Aid, Sarah was a Senior Campaigner for Amnesty International’s West and Central Africa Regional Office. She also ran the Africa Programme at Anti-Slavery International for over 10 years, leading a diverse range of projects primarily in Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal. She worked for the Africa programmes of Human Rights Watch and Child Soldiers International. She is currently based in Senegal.
Annie Schultz, Global Advocacy Lead
Annie joined Tree Aid in May 2021 to guide the organisation in the development of its advocacy work in-country and internationally. Annie's background is in international, national and grassroots policy and advocacy, specialising in climate action, human rights and sustainable development. Annie has previously worked on international and national climate mitigation programs in the Australia-Pacific region, and been a climate science communicator for the UK Met Office, advising UK government on the latest climate science available.
