*[Enwl-eng] 2021 Green Schools Tree Planting Project
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Greetings from The Green Schools Project Uganda. The "Green Schools Project" this year 2021, will be running for the consecutive 8th year. The 2ND Season rains are in full force, September to December, our 1,000,000 Trees planting campaign kicks off on 15th of October 2021. This comes as a response to Climate Change to address the increasing heat waves, trees will be able to provide the most needed shade for the communities identified above. Similarly, planted trees will help carbon sequestering by capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and transforming it into biomass through photosynthesis. To achieve the set goal of planting 1,000,000 trees we need volunteers to help in the raising of seedlings, watering of seedlings in our nurseries, weeding, pruning, seed beds sowing and management, sorting of seedlings, loading and offloading seedlings at planting sites, planting of tree seedlings, project activity documenting, help in our fundraising activities e.g. for more ideas visit us at https://greeninguganda.org/Donations
IMPORTANCE OF TREES IN URBAN SETTINGS:
Trees help regulate the local climate, produce oxygen, improve soil quality, attract wild life, and absorb CO2! In this article we are focus on their Carbon Capture capabilities, and how much CO2 they actually absorb. Did you know, one mature tree is capable of absorbing 22kg of Carbon per year, and that means 1 million absorb 22 million Kilograms of Carbon from the air.
TREE SEEDLINGS NURSERY BEDS MANAGEMENT:
As we kick off for the 2ND season Green Schools Tree Planting project activities, we need volunteers in day today activities of managing seedlings, sorting, packaging, loading, offloading, distribution, and planting, documentation etc, for more details on our nursery beds, kindly visit https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=50milliontrees&set=a.678816325498316
FUNDRAISING:
Our budget for this years Green Schools Tree Planting Project is US$ 95,000, covering activities of planting tools, materials, transportation/all logistics, seedlings, volunteers and staff welfare, project activity documentation, community media education and awareness, in this regard we need your help and partnership in raising these funds, through online secure donation US$ 10, 20, 30, 50, 100 OR more, kindly visit us on www.greeninguganda.org
Help us raise a minimum of US$ 95,000, only 25 days remaining to kick off the project. To view our previous Green Schools Project activity photographs, kindly visit us at https://www.facebook.com/pg/50milliontrees/photos/?tab=album&album_id=415490135164271 As a volunteer, you can create your personal fundraising account at https://www.givengain.com/ and under this account your can raise funds for your specific number of trees you want to plant, at the same time under this account you can raise funds for airfare, accommodation while here in Uganda, and insurance. Greening Uganda, can facilitate you with all the documentation you need introducing you to projected donors.
Greening Uganda as a Forestry Organisation, we as well work with communities to promote tree planting, conservation and environmental education, you can visit our activity photo gallery at https://web.facebook.com/pg/50milliontrees/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2020030544710214 Under this project, we have volunteer opportunities as above e.g. seed beds sowing, management, pricking and transplanting of seedlings, construction of tree nursery beds, watering, weeding, pruning, community sensitization and outreaches, field assessments, seedlings distribution, pest control and management, daily nursery beds record keeping etc,
BUDONGO FOREST RESTORATION:
Every year in collaboration with National Forestry Authority, we identify degraded natural forest lands, we carry out tree species analysis, and we plant the identified areas, this year 2021, we target to plant 100,000 trees in various degraded or encroached forest lands, for more details on on our past activities, kindly visit https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=50milliontrees&set=a.2541090142604249 Under this project, we have volunteer opportunities as above e.g. seed beds sowing, management, pricking and transplanting of seedlings, construction of tree nursery beds, watering, weeding, pruning, community sensitization and outreaches, field assessments, seedlings distribution, pest control and management, daily nursery beds record keeping etc,
TREE FOR TOURISM:
Every year in collaboration with National Forestry Authority, Ministry of Tourism, Uganda Tourism Board & Tourism sector stakeholders, we identify tourism sites that require tree replenishment, we carry out tree species analysis, and we plant the identified areas, this year 2021, we target to plant 100,000 trees in identified tourism sites e.g. in Urban & Rural tourism sites to promote conservation of indigenous tree species, and conservation of existing tourism sites, for more information, kindly visit https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=50milliontrees&set=a.2529081817138415 Under this project, we have volunteer opportunities as above e.g. seed beds sowing, management, pricking and transplanting of seedlings, construction of tree nursery beds, watering, weeding, pruning, community sensitization and outreaches, field assessments, seedlings distribution, pest control and management, daily nursery beds record keeping etc,
CONSERVATION PLANTING
To prevent animal and human settlement conflicts, and promote urban settlement nature conservation in urban areas, each year we identify urban community managed forests where we plant specific trees that will benefit wild animals and the community e.g. fruit and medicinal trees, for more details, please visit us at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=50milliontrees&set=a.1307854489261160
GREENING CARAVAN:
All the above mentioned tree planting projects, require transportation services to deliver seedlings to different beneficiary sites, under this department, we have volunteer opportunities such as seedlings sorting, seedlings packaging, seedlings loading and offloading and setting of onsite mini nursery beds for distribution planning and planting planning, for more details visit us at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=50milliontrees&set=a.998009233579022
Kindly circulate widely, we need to raise US$ 95,000 for this project 2021 activities. Your US$ 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 or more will help us meet our target of planting 30,000 trees in public schools in Uganda during, Donate now, its highly safe and secure https://greeninguganda.org/Donations.
COVID19 RESTRICTIONS:
Up until now, Uganda has had 122,405 cumulative confirmed COVID19 Cases, 3,130 confirmed deaths, & 15,147 cumulative recoveries. The Country has been through lock-downs, sector restrictions, and currently under-going partial lock-down to prevent and control further spread of the virus. As a Country, a total of 1,777,685 Ugandans have received the 1st dose of vaccination and the process is on-going, as preventive measures, we had restrictions for some Countries.
Every Tree Counts,
Albert KUNIHIRA
Resource Mobilisation Oficcer/Project Coordinator
Green Schools Project/Greening Uganda
P.O. Box 20029, Kampala-Uganda
Off Airport Highway, Nakawuka Entebbe
T: 256-776-200002/752-200003
Whatsapp: 0793-200002
F: www.facebook.com/50milliontrees or
E: greenin...@gmail.com OR greens...@greeninguganda.org
Skype: greening.uganda
Twitter: https://twitter.com/treesforschools
Every Tree Counts!
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