Malawi Tree Nursery
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This appeal is to raise money for our tree planting scheme in Malawi, Africa. Thank you for reading this!
1£ pays for 10 trees
10 £ pays for 100 trees
100 £ pays for 1000 trees (1000 trees replants an area the size of a football pitch)
1000 £ pays for 10’000 trees
(see bank details below)
ERS Tree Nursery, Malawi, Africa
The problem: Every 10 minutes in Malawi, one of the poorest nations of Africa, an area of forest the size of a football pitch is being cut down
Wood is a necessary part of everyday life, and also there is tremendous pressure to clear forests for agriculture. The present way of life is not sustainable.Wood has always been treated as a free resource and vast areas of woodland have been cleared carelessly without any replanting for future generations. This deforestation also leads to soil erosion, land degradation and ultimately climate change which is and will have a devastating effect.
Summary
The aim of ERS Tree Nursery Programme in Malawi is to grow 4 million trees per year in order to provide a sustainable source of wood for the future, as well as train and empower local communities to sustainably manage their environment and thus reduce poverty. The programme envisages the creation of 400 community tree nurseries, each growing 10 thousand trees per year.
Project Goal
The overall goal of this project is to preserve the limited existing tree cover, and to replace a significant part of the indigenous woodland that has previously been felled in the Nkhata Bay District, Malawi.
The goal will be achieved by planting a very large numbers of trees that will provide sufficient wood for future human activities, such as cooking and brick burning. The project will only work with the help and co-operation of the Chiefs and their local communities. To this end, an ongoing training and education programme will be maintained to promote sustainable use of the natural resources for the future.
The ERS Tree Programme in Malawi will particularly benefit women in the Nkhata Bay District through education and training – they will learn how to establish and operate tree nurseries, how to produce and use mbaula (a fuel efficient wood burner cooker) production. They will also benefit from an abundant supply of sustainably produced, locally sourced, wood. In addition, agriculture in the area will benefit from the usage of agro-forestry trees which will help improve soil fertility.
Project location
An area of approximately 4000 km2 in the Nkhata Bay District, Malawi
Total Budget:
£400’000 per year – 2 000’000 over 5 years (total budget breakdown available)
1£ pays for 10 trees
10 £ pays for 100 trees
100 £ pays for 1000 trees (1000 trees replants an area the size of a football pitch)
1000 £ pays for 10000 trees
This money pays for equipment, polythene tubes, seeds, training, monitoring and transport. The nursery staff will be paid for each sucessfully planted tree seedling.
Project Beneficiaries
The project beneficiaries will be all members of the community, including Traditional Authorities, Chiefs, men, women, and young people in the district, through both the planting and harvesting of trees, training and through environmental education programmes. With the local people managing their environment, this project will significantly contribute towards reducing poverty.
Programme Activities
Each Tree Nursery has its own unique features, but generally the programme involves:
- Meet all Traditional Authorities, Chiefs, and Forest Guards in the target area
- Awareness training, tree nursery training, compost training, etc
- Supply of basic tree nursery equipment, polythene tubes and seeds
- Establishment of tree nurseries
- Setting up a mbaula (fuel efficient wood burning cooker) projects in various areas
- Monitoring of tree nurseries and localised training
- Helping to plan planting out programme
- Planting out
- Training and caring for the newly planted out seedlings
Monitoring and evaluation
All activities shall be monitored and evaluated by our programme partner Ripple Africa, the forest guards, local communities and all other stakeholders.
Conclusion
This project is designed to produce maximum results. Almost all the money raised under this programme will be used in the field for equipment and seed, training and monitoring. Administrative costs are minimal.
Managers of the project will be chosen on the basis of ability and real passion for improving the environment in Malawi. We are confident that the project will have major and longlasting benefits for the rural area of Nkhata Bay District, and that it will make a major contribution to poverty reduction.
We would appreciate any donations, please send to:
Earth Restoration Account:
Earth Restoration Service
20 – 78 – 98
20521957
Barclays Bank
27 Soho Square
London, W1D 3QR
People involved in the Tree Nursery Programme
Goeff and Liza Furber – (Founders of Ripple Africa 2003)
They have a passion for Africa and in particular Malawi. Goeff has a wealth of experience having had his own business for over 25 years and Liz has a sound administrative background. The combination of their talents has developed an effective, fund and well run charity.
Peter Phelps (Co Founder and Director, ERS)
Peter Phelps spent twelve years in funds management and investment banking, including four years in the Republic of Kazakhstan. He is a major shareholder and financial director of the UK’s leading publishing marketing company, Subscriptions Marketing. He has been actively involved in forest restoration projects in both the UK and Australia since 1997 and is a founder of Earth Restoration Service. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA).
Andreas Kornevall (Head of Programmes (ERS)
Andreas Kornevall, Founder of WorkingAbroad (1997), an international service linking volunteers with local NGO’s in over 150 countries. He has spent the past ten years working with grassroots programmes in the ecological, cultural and social sectors, collaborating in countries such as India, USA, Dutch Antilles, Ecuador, Swaziland, Iceland, the Gambia etc. A member of the British Permaculture Association and a recording artist featured on national US radio. Andreas currently resides with family in the SW France.
