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 

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• Start a recurring donation for RWAYDAVO