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Bringing Water to Senegalese Farmers

Project Update, March 19, 2020: A growing number of farmers in rural Senegal continue to gain access to water through TREES’ Loxo Loxo Project. To date, TREES has helped 1,714 farming families install water access points on their farms. Farmers and staff report more regular planting opportunities throughout the year thanks to the now ready … Continued

Desertification: Rooting out the Problem Using Trees

World Soil Day is December 5th More than 1.5 billion people in the world are dependent on degraded land, and about three quarters (74%) of them are impoverished¹.  For 250 million of these people, their plight has a name—desertification².  Desertification³, or land degradation occurring in arid, semi-arid, and dry sub-humid areas, is driven by both … Continued

Forest Gardens for Water Conservation

“Danga dof,” is a phrase in the Wolof language that Mariama Ndao heard countless times over her first two years in the Trees for the Future training program as she pulled water from an 80 foot well and carried ten gallon tubs on her head to water her newly planted jujube trees. As Mariama, in … Continued

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