Planting Seedlings

  One of the projects we have taken on in this short time in Grenada has to do with local schools. Ali, who will be studying education in grad school, was interested in reaching out to the younger generations of Grenada. Although we got a bit of a late start, we (Ali& Megan) got to go the the local school in Victoria to meet many of the kids who go to school there. Unfortunately, summer break has just begun so we sort of missed them other than the one day we were allowed to talk to the whole school. That day, the kids were gathered in this big assembly room. After a brief introduction by a kind administrator, Ali took the floor and explained who we are and what we are doing here in Grenada. After Ali asked the kids who would be interested in having his or her own tree to watch grow over the next few years planted in his or her yard, many hands shot up into the air. So, the teachers took down some names and numbers of the eager children for us to call later. The next day, Ali and I got on the phone to make the calls to parents. We got through to some people but not everyone. Either numbers were wrong or parents were not home, etc. We are still in the process of getting in touch with some families however on Friday we did plant three trees in yards around Victoria. The parents were very kind to us, helped us get the water to feed the seedlings with. Other than the planting at homes in the area, we set up 6 plants on the school grounds. The Victoria school has it's own garden so with the help of a friend named Yvonne and her daughters (who attend the school) we planted two breadfruit trees, two cocoa trees, and two nutmeg trees in the school garden. All of this is still going on right now because we have to keep checking up on the seedlings and still need to go back to place some signs in the ground near the trees. I hope that those trees get big and strong so the kids at the school can watch them grow. Hopefully, more interest will be cultivated in farming, too. This is a major goal of CFFI, which will hopefully be carried into the future, also. Here are some pictures I took on Friday when Owen, Ali and I did the planting around town. Thanks for your support! 

Peace, love, earth _Megan

Tools for the day

Plant, then water!