Native Trees for Education

We are establishing native tree nurseries in Ghanaian schools to produce over 100,000 seedlings per year while teaching students the value and traditional uses of their indigenous trees

Projects

Trees Planted

800

Mankuma school doing wonderful job with their nursery. They have over 900 trees ready to transplant once the rainy season begins Savannah Rising🌳🌳🌳📚📚📚🇧🇴🇧🇴🇧🇴
Mankuma school doing wonderful job with their nursery. They have over 900 trees ready to transplant once the rainy season begins Savannah Rising🌳🌳🌳📚📚📚🇧🇴🇧🇴🇧🇴
Any doubt our trees are important? Here children are separating the Dawadawa seeds from the shell, occasionally popping one in the mouth to eat. The flesh around the seed , yellow color, is delicious and then the seed is fermented to make Dawadawa powder, Ingredient in the soups of the zone. We hope to have more than 1000 Dawadawa trees to transplant from our school nurseries this year Savannah Rising🌳🌳🌳📚📚📚🇧🇴🇧🇴🇧🇴
Here is a Mahogany tree with the bark harvested for traditional medicine. Being a valuable timber product, mahogany trees are fast disappearing. We are currently growing Mahogany in our school nurseries for planting this year. Savannah Rising 🌳🌳🌳?
Here is a Mahogany tree with the bark harvested for traditional medicine. Being a valuable timber product, mahogany trees are fast disappearing. We are currently growing Mahogany in our school nurseries for planting this year. Savannah Rising 🌳🌳🌳📚📚📚🇧🇴🇧🇴🇧🇴
The Baobab leaf is a main ingredient in many of the local dishes. Here you see villagers harvesting leaves from a tree that is possibly 500 years old. Unfortunately as you can see the tree is over harvested, leaving little new growth. These trees have difficulty producing fruit, another very important product, due to the over harvest of leaves. We aim to have innovative plantings of Baobabs in June and July dedicated to leaf production where the women and children will not risk injury and allow these older trees to produce fruit for many more generations. Support us and buy a Baobab. Savannah Rising🌳🌳🌳📚📚📚🇧🇴🇧🇴🇧🇴
We are having incredible germination of Baobab seeds at this time. We finally figured out the secret how to treat the seeds! We expect thousands of Baobabs in June to August for replanting where we have a novel idea to produce rapidly large volumes o
We are having incredible germination of Baobab seeds at this time. We finally figured out the secret how to treat the seeds! We expect thousands of Baobabs in June to August for replanting where we have a novel idea to produce rapidly large volumes of leaves for the women and children to harvest safely. Please check out Savannahrising.org to help this project.🌳🌳🌳📚📚📚🇧🇴🇧🇴🇧🇴
The Dawa Dawa is one of our favorite trees. Once the seed pods are ripe, you can eat the sweet covering around the seed. The seed is made into a powder, used in almost all soup recipes, the wood is used as toothbrushes and the foliage is good animal
The Dawa Dawa is one of our favorite trees. Once the seed pods are ripe, you can eat the sweet covering around the seed. The seed is made into a powder, used in almost all soup recipes, the wood is used as toothbrushes and the foliage is good animal feed. The bark is used for many traditional medicines including tooth and earache. Sadly estimates are that 20 to 30% of all charcoal production comes from cutting down Dawa Dawa trees. Once these seeds mature in late March, the students will be planting thousands of seeds in the nurseries, trees for the next generation. Savannah Rising.🌳🌳🌳📚📚📚🇧🇴🇧🇴🇧🇴
The students are busy planting Baobab seeds, hopefully in June to August we will have thousands to plant! Savannah Rising🌳🌳🌳📚📚📚🇧🇴🇧🇴🇧🇴
The students are busy planting Baobab seeds, hopefully in June to August we will have thousands to plant! Savannah Rising🌳🌳🌳📚📚📚🇧🇴🇧🇴🇧🇴
Not sure what this fruit is in English but the students will be planting as is a native fruit they eat. Important that they make some of their own decisions in what to plant. Savannah Rising! 🌳🌳🌳📚📚📚🇧🇴🇧🇴🇧🇴
Not sure what this fruit is in English but the students will be planting as is a native fruit they eat. Important that they make some of their own decisions in what to plant. Savannah Rising! 🌳🌳🌳📚📚📚🇧🇴🇧🇴🇧🇴
We are now in the time for flowering of the Dawadawa tree(African locust bean). The tree has these beautiful balls that look like ornaments that then open up with beautiful red flowers. The beans will be ready for harvest and obtain seeds in March. S
We are now in the time for flowering of the Dawadawa tree(African locust bean). The tree has these beautiful balls that look like ornaments that then open up with beautiful red flowers. The beans will be ready for harvest and obtain seeds in March. Savannah Rising🌳🌳🌳📚📚📚🇧🇴🇧🇴🇧🇴
The white powder from the fruit of the Baobab tree has a citrus flavor with high vitamin C content along with calcium and antioxidants. In June and July we anticipate substantial plantings from our school nurseries of Baobab trees. Savannah Rising🌳?
The white powder from the fruit of the Baobab tree has a citrus flavor with high vitamin C content along with calcium and antioxidants. In June and July we anticipate substantial plantings from our school nurseries of Baobab trees. Savannah Rising🌳🌳🌳📚📚📚🇧🇴🇧🇴🇧🇴
Rashid always looking to teach the children indigenous knowledge.Savannah Rising🌳🌳🌳📚📚📚🇧🇴🇧🇴🇧🇴
Our books labeled so everyone knows where they came from. Savannah Rising🌳🌳🌳📚📚📚🇧🇴🇧🇴🇧🇴
Our books labeled so everyone knows where they came from. Savannah Rising🌳🌳🌳📚📚📚🇧🇴🇧🇴🇧🇴
Nasoyiri students with their trees they planted at their homes, each with their own method of protection from the goats.Savannah Rising🌳🌳🌳📚📚📚🇧🇴🇧🇴🇧🇴
The children of Nasoyiri all took seedlings home to plant by their houses. each student devised their own method to protect from the goats roaming the village. The pride of showing their trees showed . Savannah Rising!🌳🌳🌳📚📚📚🇧🇴🇧🇴🇧🇴

Help us Plant Trees!

50% of the money raised will be used for producing, transplanting, and continued care of the trees.

50% will go to the corresponding school with direct aid in the purchase of school supplies, repairs, curriculum development, and after-school programs.