The First Tree....

When Manis returned to his home community he saw that most of the trees had been cut down for charcoal. Years of drought had forced the people to make a living off something other than their failing gardens. Manis found his family discouraged and giving up hope.

Planting trees was one of the first things that Manis started to do when he returned. 

This is the first tree that was planted on the Lemuel land

This is the first tree that was planted on Samuel's land.

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The Chicken needs to GO!

Starting these trees takes a lot of work. Collecting the bags, sorting the seeds, planting, watering and KEEPING THE CHICKEN’S OUT!

After the chicken's had their snack!  

Many of these trees will need to be replanted.

So far we have planted...almond, neem, lemon, orange, tcha tcha, and passion fruit. When the tree nursery is built we will not have this problem.

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One load of sand….check

The guys have started collecting sand for the foundation of the cistern/depot. They will keep collecting over the next week. When there are enough funds we will start buying cement. The price has gone up to €7 a bag.

New donation just came! Thank you!

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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. 

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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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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