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Goal: $1,000

Name:  Moringa Tree Project

Aim: Provision of 50 Moringa saplings to a village in Ghana

Cost: $15 provides 15 tree seedlings to an orphan home to combat malnutrition .
$30 provides 30 trees to local schools for feeding programs.
$70 provides 40 trees and a bucket irrigation system for a women’s cooperative.
$100 provides 50 trees, garden tools, and a bucket irrigation system for a women’s cooperative.
$150 provides 50 moringa tree seeds and a rainwater catchment tank for the development of a moringa tree nursery.

THE NEED DESCRIBED:

The Moringa Tree Project is a sustainable approach to combating poverty, malnutrition, and environmental degradation. The trees provide social enterprise opportunities for rural women’s cooperatives schools, orphan homes and clinics, because the fruits, leaves, and pods of these “miracle” trees are considered nutritional powerhouses. The tree is used for food, made into cooking oil, cattle feed, clarifies water, and can make bio-fuel to create enterprises that generates income for rural villagers. Moringa trees are rich in nutrients higher in protein than soybean meal, drought resistant, used for household water purification, and a source of edible oil, bio fuel, and cattle feed.

The Moringa tree contains:

  1. All the essential amino acids
  2. 4 times the Vitamin A of carrots
  3. 7 times the Vitamin C of oranges
  4. 4 times the calcium of milk
  5. 3 times the potassium of bananas
  6. 3 times the iron of spinach

THE CURRENT PROGRAM:

Planted at orphanages and schools by partners of Village Volunteers, the trees provide a sustainable solution for malnutrition. By providing adequate nutrition for children, pregnant women and lactating mothers, children will realize their full intellectual and physical potential. Women in the region use the trees to provide for their families and ensure a better future for their children.  It has been an enormously successful program and is essential to the families in the region.

YOUR DONATION:

will fund the distribution of Moringa trees to help combat poverty, malnutrition, and environmental degradation in rural Kenyan and Ghanaian communities- thank you!

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