Funding Results:

As they say in Africa, “water willing, we will see the growth”. It was our understanding that planting trees for giraffe was the primary focus of this program. Upon Anne's recent visit to Mtowambu, we found that the project was so much more. Yes, the children plant tree species like acacia and others that giraffe and other animals use for food and shelter, but we learned that for many children, the schools are a crucial source of food. In the dry season, the children only eat one meal a day at home and the schools provide additional sources of nutrition.

Tree Nursery Program

The Anne Innis Dagg Foundation supports African-based Wild Nature Institute (WNI) through this program. We proudly provided financing for a large water tank and seeds to plant for trees and food for the community. The children plant avocado and papaya that they can eat at school and bring the seedlings home to plant locally for their families.

Focusing on the underprivileged Tanzanian region of Tarangire-Manyara, school kids also plant trees that the giraffe like to eat and they learn about habitat and biodiversity. 

Veila Makundi, the Anne Innis Dagg Education Coordinator for Wild Nature Institute, conducts this program with WNI’s Assistant Education Coordinator Glory Mbuya. They teach children the responsibility of providing for their environment and how it will return to benefit everyone. More trees equal more life. This is a super program that really benefits the school and community in many ways. We can really (literally) see it growing.