Million Trees Project

The project is an environment sector project. The title of the proposed project is a million trees for the world aimed at planting One Million tree per a year. Due to natural and human causes the environment in Somalia is serious deflated. The organization proposing the project is GAAP is registered in Washington Secretary of State as a Charitable Organization., it is also registered in Kenya and Somalia as an NGO. The project will be conducted in two regions; Lower Shebelle and Lower Juba in selected areas. The selection will include various villages in the two areas selecting the about 420 beneficiaries who each will be provided with 250 seedlings to transfer to their farms. The proposed objectives of the project includes; identification of the beneficiaries, purchase or preparation of the seeds/cuttings, identification of the areas for setting up the tree nurseries, preparing and planting of the seeds in the nurseries and nurturing them, conference capacity building to several beneficiaries prior to planting of the trees, transfer of the seedlings to the beneficiaries, continuous monitoring and follow up to address of key problems and challenges of the project and finally conduct mid-term, final and summative evaluations. Over 2000 tree species were planted during October 2012 as a pilot project in Barawa rural areas of Lower Shabelle region as GAAPs initiative in one million tree for Somalia project.

 

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