climate-change – Vision Farmers' Organisation

Executive summary

This is a continuing education and tree planting project that is aimed at teaching primary school learners on tree planting and engaging in planting trees in their schools and at their homes. In this plan, a child takes care of the trees they plant both at school and at home up to maturity: adopt a tree! This is coupled with education on climate change and proper soil maintenance practices.

Problem statement

The continued indiscriminate cutting of trees has resulted into unavailability of water for the community, increased temperatures, reduced farm yields and general surge in poverty. The members of the target community are in dire need to develop and increase their forest cover and secure their water catchment areas and improve their soil conservation. Lack of requisite education and information is the main hinderance to these.

Project Justification

The main target of this project is to increase the tree cover and imparting climate education to the young population so that we have climate conscious generation.

This is an environmental program that is designed as a means of conserving the environment with particular emphasis to schools and the communities around them. This program has among its components, issues that address health, water and sanitation, environmental awareness, tree planting with particular emphasis to multipurpose trees and species especially fruit trees for nutrition in schools and woody trees for the community.

The overall target is engaging all schools and their communities in this program

Project objective:

The overall objective of this project is to increase tree cover while providing generations of children with healthy nutrition options and environmental education

Specific Objectives

To plant different species of trees in schools and the surrounding community
To pass on environment education for protection of our environment.
To provide good learning environments for children

Engaging primary schools in planting trees will see us reach many people both in the schools and around the community. When all the children are engaged in adopting trees, it will ensure that most of the trees survive to maturity and in so doing, there will be increase in tree cover. Planting fruit trees will be more encouraging as the children will have nutritional benefits form the fruits.

As we engage the children in climate education and setting up tree nurseries their parents too will be involved in planting the surplus seedlings generated.

Project activities

Environment Awareness

This helps the learners and their parents learn the value of planting trees, especially fruit trees and how to care for them with emphasis on environmental conservation

Demonstrations on Nursery Tree Establishments

The target beneficiaries are taught how to stablish tree nurseries, care for trees and also simple techniques of breeding such as grafting plants for better quality breeds.

Tree planting

This involves teachers, parents and the learners. The seedlings are from the tree nurseries established in schools. The learners are taught how to raise trees and each is given seedlings to plant and tend to. They plant at least four trees both at school and at home.

Monitoring and Evaluation

There is participatory monitoring and evaluation

Methodology of implementation

There is a dipartite partnership involving the teachers, learners and the parents. The contribution of each party is as follows:

Teachers
- Project design, planning & management
- Acquisition of seeds
- Technical support and oversight on tree planting and management
- Trainings
- Monitor and evaluate
- Produce report and accountability
Learners and parents
- Planting and maintenance of trees
- Maintenance of tree nurseries

When you educate a child about climate change, you educate a whole generation!

Multiplication factor of the project

Project updates

From the funds received during GG19, we were able to:

1. Train 200 learners

From the funds we purchased training materials and trained the learners in

the effects of cutting trees
important of planting trees
taking care of the soil
planting trees and taking care of them
good seed selection
establishing a viable tree nursery

2. Plant 236 trees

From our learning, we established our first tree nursery. From the nursery, we were able to raise seedlings which we planted around the school. Each of the 200 trained learner planted a tree which they are taking care of. We had 30 parents and six teachers planting trees as well. We therefore planted 236 trees. These trees can be viewed here https://map.treetracker.org/planters/17737?bounds=33.97521972656251,0.016479491960279726,35.02990722656251,0.8980955453989664

Future plans