Tree For All hats seen in South Africa
Children taking part in a tree-planting project in East Africa are wearing the Woodland Trust’s Tree For All hats while planting.
The Horn Community Tree Planting Group from Jinja in Uganda involves local people, teachers and schoolchildren in the planting of native trees to help re-forest the area. The project hopes to slow the spread of the Sahara desert southwards, called ‘desertification’, which will cause much suffering to the region if it continues.
Paul Bunton says: ‘We are only able to give grants to UK-based projects, but we still wanted to show our support for this worthwhile project, which really reflects what Tree For All is all about. That is why we sent them the hats. We wanted to help raise awareness of their project.’
This season, the group have planted over 10,000 trees. However, the species are somewhat different to the ones we find in the UK - including Eucaliptus, Mvule Tree, Ambrella and Elgon tick!
John Mukuya, chairman of the group says, ‘We have to wait until the start of the rainy season each year, when conditions are favourable to plant trees. By involving local communities, we know that the trees will be loved and nurtured in the future.’
