Projects:
Evaton West Community
Garden Project
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Agriculture teacher N'Date Elias plants Ministry of Agriculture officials join with school staff to celebrate the opening of Malapo's tree nursery |
How it works:
Planting trees is an important step in re-claiming land that is being lost to erosion in Lesotho. As well as providing shade, water retention, oxygen and food, trees are a legacy that we leave for our children and for the earth.
SOLID's first tree planting project involves Molapo High School, where we invested in a tree nursery/shelter for growing trees and vegetable seedlings. The trees are ready for sale and planting by the Ministry of Forests after two months' growth. Each tree sells for $0.20. The funds raised by Molapo High School through the sale of the thousands of tree seedlings they are growing will fund the education of many of the school's hundreds of AIDS orphans, who cannot otherwise pay their school fees. To date, over 4,000 trees have been grown in Molapos' tree nursery. Please support this sustainable initiative by sponsoring SOLID's next tree nursery project!
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Please mail your donation to :
SOLID
105 Fernwood Road
Salt Spring Island, BC
V8K 1C5
Canada
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SOLID is also involved with the Million Trees Project in Kenya. We are co-producers of a DVD film about this amazing reforestation initiative:
Practicing Sustainable Agriculture in Africa:
A Documentary Project
A film about the potential for small scale projects to have a huge impact
on communities and ecosystems,
Solutions is an inspiring appeal for the continued support of our work
in Africa.
Read a transcript about the
film and find out more about the Million Trees Project
Ordering Info
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like.
Cost is $19.95 plus $6.75 shipping and handling.
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