Plant 40,000 Trees In Northern Rwanda

Dear Patrons,

It is our honor and pleasure to have you as partners, supporters, and donors. On behalf of Rwandan Youth Development and Voluntary Organization, I am very much excited to take this opportunity to thank you very much for all the support that you have offered so far for our Rwanda forestation project.

In this field report, we are sharing with you, the progress of sapling planting activities for Land 5 located in Taba cell, Colline Mwite village in Rulindo district of Burega sector, Rwanda. This area’s Google code is Rwanda:7299+2X5.

On Saturday, the 1^st of October 2022, our tree planting activities started at 7 AM and went on till 2 PM PM. Together with 32 students, RWAYDAVO volunteers, and one community leader of the village, we were able to carry out this activity successfully and we have planted around 1450 treees composed by Markhamia lutea, Grevelia robusta, and Eucalyptus globulus subsp. maidenii

The saplings we planted were mostly Eucalyptus globulus subsp. maidenii and at the edge of the land, we have planted Grevillea.  RWAYDAVO Volunteers and project workers supported in digging holes deep, transporting trees, and digging holes deep enough to cover the tree's root-ball (See attached photo).

As usual, RWAYDAVO volunteers supervised the activity and ensured that the trees planted by the students were planted according to the guidance because RWAYDAVO volunteers conducted a teaching session on the importance of trees and the steps that they should do before putting the sapling in the soil, which included instructions that students should remove the root-ball from the container and place the tree in the hole and cover with the soil.  


For fencing Land 5, after the completion of trees planting around 8000 trees, we are going to start immediately basic activities that will help us to construct fences. It is very important to do fencing of the lands because we want to protect the land in which the trees are planted from animals like goats, cows, and sheep, as well as from the disturbances caused by humans. Maintenance is a key activity after tree planting and fencing. RWAYDAVO volunteers and project workers will ensure that maintenance is happening as planned to facilitate our trees to grow well without disturbance.

To achieve this successfully, we need ongoing funds for the regular maintenance of the saplings and the land. The maintenance will require maximum care and supervision to make sure that trees are growing well. This activity will also include pruning the area properly in order to keep the trees healthy and strong.

We request you to donate generously to our project so that we can keep working and achieve our goals. You could also consider doing a monthly recurring donation for our project, which will help us with our ongoing work.  The link for the monthly recurring donation is mentioned below in the report.

We thank you for everything that you have done for our project, and we look forward to your continued support.

Thanks & Best Regards.
Jean Damascene Uwizeyimana 

RWAYDAVO President 

Links:

• Start a recurring donation for RWAYDAVO

Dear Patrons,

Rwanda Youth Development And Voluntary Organization would like to express my deep gratitude for all the support that you have provided so far for our tree planting project hosted at GlobalGiving. On behalf of the Rwandan Youth Development and Voluntary Organization (RWAYDAVO), We thank you very much for all the support that you have provided so far for our Rwanda forestation project.

We are so glad to share that we are making very good progress in our fundraising, and we are happy to let you know that we are finalizing the land preparation next week we are ready to start the planting activities, for this round we aim to plant 8,000 trees in land five.

We would like also to let you know that after planting trees on land five we will start the preparation of the land donated by the Rulindo district to be planted by RWAYDAVO. On this land, around 10,000 trees will be planted.

I just wanted to take a minute to update you on the efforts we are taking for getting prepared for preparing the fifth land and how our volunteers are working towards that, and provide an update on the planted activities of tree planting next week. The land prepared is located in Taba cell, Colline Mwite village in

Rulindo district of Burega sector, Rwanda. This area’s
Google code is Rwanda: 7299+2X5. To prepare this land we used 16 people and the preparation took 15 days.

As we completed tree planting for land 5, the next step will be to use the BRC brand fence, to protect the land in which the trees are planted from animals like goats, cows, and sheep, as well as from the disturbances caused by the humans.

After all these activities, we will be doing maintenance. The maintenance will include pruning the area properly to keep the trees healthy and strong, Water is food for our trees and plants – that’s why effective watering is one of the most important ways to care for and maintain, so watering might be needed during the dry season. Also. as the soil compaction prevents water and oxygen from infiltrating the tree’s roots, we will make sure that the soil is not compacted. We will be doing mulch about 6 inches from the base of your tree so that we cannot damage our tree roots.

We wish and hope that through this project, we will be able to make a significant impact
in the lives of the people in the community, and instill the importance of trees in the minds
of the people so that they take care of them on an ongoing basis.

I once again like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the support and donations that
you have made for our project, and we look forward to your continued support in the
coming days.

If you wish to start a monthly recurring donation for our project to support our ongoing work,
please feel free to start a monthly recurring donation using the link provided in the link section.

With Best Regards,
Jean Damascene Uwizeyimana
RWAYDAVO President

Links:

• Start a recurring donation for RWAYDAVO