Transitioning Villages into Agroforestry

One of the best ways to get more trees is to ask everyone to
plant some. This project helps villages in Rusinga Island community to
transition to Agroforestry by distributing seedlings to the people who need it
most and by providing sustainable agricultural practices including permaculture
so that the trees can boost agriculture yield and food production. This
will also provide ground cover and reduce siltation which is now adversely
affecting the Lake Victoria ecosystem depleting fish breeding sites and buffer zones.
So far the communities have responded well and many have joined us in planting .

Wildlife Haven
Our
interest to rewild the hilltops is also meant to create a habitat for wildlife
namely; birds, gazele, snakes like the rock python, monkeys, gazelles amongst others which for many years have been
worried of the rapid and dramatic
destruction and loss of vegetation cover. This is a future gold mine for
people who have