DART - Disaster Arborist Response Team clearing an essential road way of dangerous fallen trees around powerlines opening supply chains up so aid can get to communities 16.9

Fallen Trees Endanger Communities

In the wake of natural disaster fallen trees disrupt supply lines and devastate communities

Worldwide Disaster Tree Clearance

DART's team of Volunteer Tree Surgeons and Arborists clear fallen trees from vital supply chains and services.

DART Volunteeer tree surgeons and arborist training in Sierra Leone 16.9

Training & Equipment

DART provides specialist tree clearing equipment kindly provided by our sponsors. Then we train local people who can continue the required work after our volunteers leave.

DART International Pre-Deployment Volunteers & Trustees 16.9

Pre-Departure Training

Before our Volunteers are sent to a region they are given essential training at one of our pre-departure weekends

DART - Disaster Arborist Response Team

In the Wake of Natural Disaster DART's team of Volunteer Tree Surgeons and Arborists are the world's first responders for clearing dangerous trees. Ensuring supply chains are opened and communities are not cut off from the help they need

Who Are We?

DART International UK is an all-volunteer Humanitarian Response Team that deploys worldwide to assist disaster affected communities. Since it’s creation in 2014, the Charity has delivered aid, equipment and training to communities in the South Pacific, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean. All proceeds received go into our training programmes, deployments, and aid missions.

Trees are a vital environmental, cultural and economic resource. However, in the wake of natural disasters fallen trees close roads, cause flooding, damage buildings and bring down power lines, invariably delaying the international relief effort.

DART provide volunteer teams of experienced and qualified arborists to support worldwide humanitarian operations by removing obstructive trees and enabling other aid and rescue organisations to operate safely and effectively. read more…

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DART Build A New School

We’re proud at DART to share with you this inspiring film about how we worked with project donor Linguassist Ltd, our partner charity Rory’s Well, the team at PAD(SL) and the people of Sierra Leone to build a new school for the children of Taninahun.

Learn About DART's Deployments

DART International UK in Carriacou

Hurricane Beryl in Carriacou 2024

21-06-24

Hurricane Beryl the earliest Category 4 storm on record tares through the Caribbean and is upgraded to a category 5 Hurricane. Dart send a four person team to help the community and work with NaDMA and the Caribbean Disaster Relief Unit.

DART International Pre-Deployment Volunteers & Trustees

Pre-Deployment Training June 2024

21-06-24

DART hold their pre-deployment training teaching essential first aid, conducting training scenarios and holding humanitarian talks.

Malawi 2023

18-03-23

DART send a deployment team of Volunteer Tree Surgeons to Melawi which has been devastated by a category 5 cyclone

Sierra Leone 17

Read the story as four of our volunteers are deployed to support communities legally and safely log their own timber with a Logosol Timbermill.

Caribbean Deployment

Hurricane IRMA (Maria) devastates areas across the Caribbean. The DART Team clear life-saving routes and train 18 firefighters to safely clear wind blow trees to continue the work after DART Leave