Mango trees!

Environment Club planting a mango tree at the green clubhouse

ASYV is a fairly new village, in a country that is densely populated, where most people use firewood to cook.  As such, there are not many mature trees in the village.  Like any good environment club, the 2012 environment club wanted to plant more trees in the village.

The mango tree acting as distribution centre where families and staff can pick up their baby mango trees

They specifically wanted to plant mango trees.  Who doesn't like mangoes?  The kids will even eat the immature green fruit.  It is a bit of an acquired taste, something like eating crab apples or raw rhubarb.  After many months of waiting,  we eventually got the money for 60 mango trees.

Environment Club member in charge of making sure everyone got their trees

We planted them on October 13, 2012.  Every family house got 1 tree, staff house received trees and the club houses.  The trees were all a grafted variety from a lovely fruit farm in Kabuga, Rwanda (just east of Kigali).

Environment Club planting a mango tree at the orange club house