Climate Action Rwanda Project #51509

Plant 40,000 Trees In Northern Rwanda

by RWANDAN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION

Project Report | Dec 22, 2021
Update on the demography that we are working in.

By Jean Damascene Uwizeyimana | Project Leader

How saplings look like today

Dear Patrons,

On behalf of Rwanda Youth Development And Voluntary Organisation, I 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.

We are glad to share that we are making progress in our fundraising, and we hope to achieve our immediate milestone of raising USD$5000 for preparing the 5 lands for tree plantation by the end of December 2021.

I just wanted to take a minute to update you on the demography that we are working in. We work in the Burega sector of Rwanda, which has a population of more than 12,000 people. As per the Fourth Rwanda Population and Housing Census taken in 2012, the Burega sector had 12,730 people, and the bordering Buyoga sector had 22,171 people.

More than 90% of these populations are involved in agriculture, and their major occupation is agriculture alone.

Children are a very important component of the society, as they are the future citizens of the community. According to 2012 census, there were 4,977 children below 15 years of age.

The adult population from the ages 15 to 64 years were 7,215 in number, and above 65+ years were 538 in number as per the 2012 census.

Our main objectives in doing this tree planting project is to alleviate poverty from the communities, eradicate hunger, boost nutrition, climate change prevention in the region, increase the capacity of the community to address causes of socio-economic problems including natural resource management, strengthening social cohesion, and fostering the emergence of community-based activities.

Towards these objectives, the project will utilize the services of volunteers from the community during tree plantation and maintenance. Children from local schools will also contribute during tree plantation so that they know the importance of trees. In fact, we would like them to grow with the trees and take responsibility for the well-being of the trees.

There are three schools in the region that we work – (1) Burega primary and secondary school which has around 1200 students, Butangamundu primary and secondary school which has more than 1000 students, and Muyanza primary and secondary school which has around 1500 students.

In Rulindo district, 57.1% of the population are identified as non-poor, 23.2% as poor, and 19.7% as extremely poor. Compared to other districts in the Northern Province, Rulindo district has the highest percentage of extremely poor people as per EICV3 report (Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey of Rwanda).

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 for your continued support in the coming days.

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

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas, and a very happy New Year 2022 in advance.

With Best Regards,

Jean Damascene Uwizeyimana

RWAYDAVO President

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Dec 20, 2021
Kanunga - The Fifth Land And Soil Details

By Jean Damascene Uwizeyimana | Project Leader

Dear Patrons,

Because it retains water during

the rain season and dries up very quickly

during the dry season, we need to plant the

saplings during rainy season. It is also difficult

to cultivate or to prepare this land during dry season

as this soil has small stones and dries very quickly
during the dry season. It is rainy season
till end of January here in Murambi
(Kanunga), so we are planning to take the
opportunity to plant the saplings by the
end of December 2021.

In order to plant, we need to prepare
the land by weeding out the existing
small plants, shrubs, and other unwanted
growth, so that the land can be made
suitable for planting the saplings. To
ensure the security of our trees, we
will be using BRC brand fence, which
is a welded wire fence that belongs to
Zensen fence product series. BRC
fence is also called “roll top” fence.
The fence protects the land in which
the trees are going to planted from
animals like goats, cows, and sheep,
as well as from the disturbances
caused by the humans.

For preparing all the fifth land,
we are in need of funds around
US$1000, which will include the cost
of the organic fertilizer also. To start
with preparing the fifth land, we
need immediate funds, so that we
can go ahead with the work.

We request you to donate generously
for our project so that we can start
our work. 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 for your continued
support.

Thanks and Best Regards.

Jean Damascene Uwizeyimana

RWAYDAVO President

Links:

Start a recurring donation for RWAYDAVO

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Dec 17, 2021
Gatete Fourth Land And Soil Details

By Jean Damascene Uwizeyimana | Project Leader

Dear Patrons,

We do appreciate for the continuous
support you offer to Rwandan Youth
Development and Voluntary Organization
(RWAYDAVO) and the Rwanda forestation
project as well. We are happy to update
you that saplings are growing very well,
and we are looking forward to plant those
saplings by the end of December 2021 in
all our identified five locations and to do
this we need 5000 USD, this cost include
the organic fertilizer and the transport of
the saplings.

In this report, I wish to share with you the
information about the fourth area of
plantation. This area’s Google code is
Rwanda:72RP+G5 This area’s name is
Mugambazi, in Karengeri cell. This area
is located in Rwanda, Rulindo district
and Burega sector, Karengeri, on the hill
of Mugambazi, the area that was used
to be called “Gatete”.

The nature of the soil in this area is such
that the soil texture is black in color with
small stones occupy almost 60% of the
soil and is soft during the rainy season
and dries up very quickly during the dry
season. The type of this soil does not
contain water. Because it does not
contain water, we need to plant our
saplings during rainy season. It is also
difficult to cultivate or to prepare this
land during dry season as this soil has
small stones and dries very quickly
during the dry season. It is rainy season
till end of January here in Mugambazi
(Gatete), so we are planning to take the
opportunity to plant the saplings by the
end of December 2021.

In order to plant, we need to prepare
the land by weeding out the existing
small plants, shrubs, and other unwanted
growth, so that the land can be made
suitable for planting the saplings. To
ensure the security of our trees, we
will be using BRC brand fence, which
is a welded wire fence that belongs to
Zensen fence product series. BRC
fence is also called “roll top” fence.
The fence protects the land in which
the trees are going to planted from
animals like goats, cows, and sheep,
as well as from the disturbances
caused by the humans.

For preparing all the fourth land,
we are in need of funds around
US$1000, which will include the cost
of the organic fertilizer also. To start
with preparing the fourth land, we
need immediate funds, so that we
can go ahead with the work.

We request you to donate generously
for our project so that we can start
our work. 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 for your continued
support.

Thanks and Best Regards.
Jean Damascene Uwizeyimana

RWAYDAVO President

Links:

Start a recurring donation for RWAYDAVO

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