How Trees Make A Difference 

In rural Burkina Faso families often do not have enough to eat for 3 or 4 months every year. In the communities where TREE AID works, trees are providing 25% of food for 30% of the year, particularly during the ‘hungry months’.

Aïcha Ouédraogo lives in Nagraogo, a tiny village, deep in the heart of rural Burkina Faso. Aicha’s village is only reached by dirt roads, and is many miles from the nearest town. Aicha is 54 and cares for many of her grandchildren who have been orphaned, so she needs everything she can grow in the fields to keep the hungry children healthy and fit.

Since she received training and support from TREE AID in 2004, Aicha’s life has become much easier. She says: “I have planted many trees that help my family in different ways. The Acacia trees in my fields help my crops to grow strong; fruit from my Shea trees keeps my grandchildren healthy; and the many things I can sell, like soap made from my Neem trees, means I can even buy supplies so we are not often hungry anymore.”

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