Hard Rocks and Hard Word…DONE!

The guys have finished leveling the land for the tree nursery and the cistern/depo. It took weeks for them to dig through the tough rocky earth.

WE ARE READY TO BUILD! 

A month ago when he guys started.

A week ago and this is what was left. 

Done!!!

Watering Night on the Land

Last night was watering night. 

The process to get water is not easy. The Lemuel water truck was made available to us but it cost money for every tank of water. 

The guys work hard all day and then stay longer in the evenings to water. Each of the 1,000 plus trees need to be water by bucket. 












Building the water cistern will be a tremendous help in water the trees.

All donations are being put to use right away. Thank you to those who liked our page and shared. 

This is a huge encouragement to us. 

Thank you! 
Donate to Samuel's Trees

Amazed and THANKFUL!!!

Broken pick handles from working in the rocky ground. The guys desperately needed more tools to keep working. 

While Samuel was in Port he went ahead and purchased 3 new pick handles, a hoe, 3 shovels and a machete. Last night when Samuel got back here to the Plateau he noticed the new gift on GoFundMe. It was more than enough to cover the purchases he made.

Amazed and THANKFUL!!!

The guys working with their new tools TODAY!

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Samuel's Trees

Check this out!

The Mapou tree was planted on the land a year ago last September. This tree puts down deep roots and raises the water levels.

LOOK at the growth of this tree in such a short time. It's hard to imagine how this tree can survive in such dry and depleted soil. 

Samuel's hand is indicating how tall the mapou was when first planted.

Nov 17th this picture was taken...just after two weeks look at the results...

November 30th...look at the growth of from that same branch!

To see our project go to: www.gofundme.com/samuelstrees 

Our New Project Site is READY!!!!

By 2016 the LAND will be handed over to the community of Cite Lemuel. But it is still far from being ready. We see this land being the starting base out for which more land can be purchased and developed. It seems impossible BUT in such a short time we are seeing that growth and change is possible but WE NEED HELP TO START!

We've raised $1,655 trough GoFundMe so far and this has paid for a fence to keep animals out, salaries for men to work, trees and water.

By 2016 we see a land filled with trees, a water cistern, a storage depot, a tree nursery, a road. Go to www.gofundme.com/samuelstrees  to help us continue this vision.  

1,000 TREES PLANTED!!!

We are thrilled to be able to share with you the great news. Trees were purchased to plant on the land but with the lack of rain we waited. THEN THE RAIN CAME and we PLANTED! 

READY for the next phase...
The fencing is almost done!!! 

These pictures were taken yesterday of the men working on the fence. 

The RAINS are still coming and the push to get the water cistern done before the rains end is urgent. Samuel is finishing the plans to building the water cistern. 
THANK YOU for taking the time to consider investing in this work. 

It's not easy but as they say in Haiti, "Many hands make the work lighter".