Get Involved

Join a crew. Show up. Come back.

APEARE volunteers care for real places on a real schedule: restored forest, community farms, and public green spaces across Nigeria. Pick a date, pick a pathway, and we will see you on site.

Stewardship Season

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Every opportunity is a date and a place

No onboarding needed for your first visit. Register for one session, come once, and decide from there.

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM (WAT)

Greenpath Academy Fellowship | Cohort 1 – Feb 16 – May 8, 2026

Online
3:30 PM – 8:30 PM December 19, 2025

Stakeholder Appreciation Week: December 14–20

Lagos. Ibadan. Abuja
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM, December 12, 2025

Ejirin Eco-Action | Dec. 12-13, 2025.

Ejirin, Ijebu Ode
Volunteer pathways

Four ways in. You are in one at a time.

Each pathway has its own rhythm and its own kind of person. Choose the one that matches how you want to show up, not the one that sounds most impressive.

Site Stewards

  • A named crew at our named site. Visit our impact page to see where we have worked and sign up as a Site Steward.
  •  watering, mulching and other activities in the dry season

Be a steward at Farm Bridge, our Climate‑Smart Agriculture Hub in Koguo, Ido Ibadan. Learn more

I-ASIST Initiators

For those who want to design and lead a community project of their own.

  • Submit a concept note through I-ASIST 2030, our SDG localization track
  • Requires at least three completed Site Steward or Project Crew sessions first
  • Approved Initiators get staff mentorship and project support

Best fit: you have seen the work and have a plan Learn more

Project Crews

  • Open per project cycle or event, such as World Environment Day.
  • Announced for four to six weeks ahead with a fixed headcount;  closes when the project or campaign ends.

Best fit: you can give a full day a few times a year View Gallery.

Program Support

Remote program support: content, research, reporting, and media work that keeps projects moving and donors informed.

No referral and no field experience needed. Tell us what you can do and how much time you have, and we’ll assign a task with a written brief and a deadline.

Work is remote only, one task at a time. Complete one and the next follows.

Best fit: you can give a few focused hours a week from anywhere.

Your tier is what you have done, not what you signed up for

Movement between tiers is automatic and based on attendance. Nobody has to apply to move up, and nobody stays on the active roster without showing up.

Explorer

One contribution: attended an open session or completed one assigned task. No onboarding.

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Steward

Onboarded, with four credits earned in the last six months.

A Steward takes care of something on APEARE’s behalf; whether a site, a campaign, or a piece of written work.

  • Credits come from field sessions or completed assignments. Four content pieces, four proposals, or four days on a site all qualify.

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Crew Lead

Six months as a Steward, completed training, staff-nominated.
  • Runs one site and its schedule
  • Records attendance and site data

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Initiator

Approved I-ASIST 2030 concept note.
  • Project support and mentorship
  • Seed budget where available

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Alumni Network

Any Steward inactive for six months.
  • Newsletter and one reactivation invite per season
  • Re-enter any time as Explorer

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Titles such as Coordinator or Project Lead are assigned by APEARE staff only. Please see our Representation and Attribution Policy before describing your role publicly.

What we ask, and what you get

What we ask of you

What you get from us

Full onboarding comes after your first session, if you decide to become a Steward. For now we only need enough to reach you and count you in.

URGENT: 4 Years Left

I-ASIST 2030

Accelerating SDG Localization

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Local Actions. Global Goals. One Future.