| June
11, 2008 |
Today
was a big day in that I signed an agreement and paid out money
for the planting and stand tending of 2  hectares
of ground. This first tree planting project is unique
(i.e. not typical) because we have had
trees donated and just have to pay the transportation. We will
be able to make a nice donation
to the William Cornelius Vocational Training Centre which will
be used to pay down some student accounts that are in arrears.
One of the areas to be planted is used for growing corn. Here is
a picture of that location as it was 2 months ago. It will be
cleaned up and planting locations marked before
the planting actually starts sometime this month. |
| July
18, 2008 |
Just
back from the first tree planting project. The road was terrible
especially at the beginning. We loaded up the Nature Defenders
motor-cross bike in the pickup and headed out to the pl anting
site. Fortunately, we did not have to use the cable bridge
(shown on the left) as the new one was working. We arrived at
the first river crossing and one worker waded into the river to
check the depth. The water was under a meter deep and we
made it ok. (On the return home the river
crossing was a little more scary as we had a blow out.) Then
we traveled through the rubber tree farm and arrived at the
third river. The rock size was wrong and a good indicator of
river velocity. We drove back through the local Finca and headed
up river to another cable bridge. It was not big enough to drive
a truck over so we doubled-up on the motor-cross bike to the
village, which was about 5 miles and met the family doing the
planting. We then head over to look at the work that was
done to date. They were just starting work on the second
hectare. Below are a few of photos. |
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The
land owner planting a tree. In the background starting at his
right elbow you can see the cleared area where the second
hectare is being planted. |
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The
food packets loaded and ready to be carried uphill for the 5
kilometers.
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| July
19, 2008
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At
this time we have 1800 of 2222 trees in the ground so we are
almost finished the first planting. I will be traveling out to
the site again on Thursday if the rivers are not too high and
will be giving out the food packages to the planters.
The Director
of the William Cornelius Vocational Training Centre is receiving
a donation from Trees for Global Renewal for the planting of the
first 2 hectares.
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Tim
Juhlin and students from the
training centre who are being helped by the donation.
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Trees
For