By Heather Heckel | Executive Director
In early October, our local partners planted 50 trees at our newest school, Duahi. The seedlings were placed to create a living fence around the school – showing students and community members the property lines
in a natural way and helping to reduce erosion from increasingly severe storms. Duahi
was selected for several reasons including that it has the lowest number of students so there is extra water from the rainwater catchment system that can be used for the trees. Also, there is a school 'caretaker' from the local village who will fence the trees, water them, and help ensure their survival.
The kindergarten class was eager to help plant these trees. As they grow, they will be incorporated into the environmental education curriculum. Students will also have a chance to name and paint rocks to label each tree.
In 2026, we hope to start our own small native tree nursery, primarily for Dawa Dawa trees. Our goal
is to bring back this native and culturally valued species to the village of Duahi, whose name means ‘grove of Dawa Dawa trees’ in the local language. Eventually, the nursery will employ youth from the communities who never had a chance to attend school. We will need to install additional rainwater catchment systems on the school kitchen and possibly another one on the school to provide water for this project.
By Heather Heckel | Executive Director
By Heather Heckel | Director
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