Reforestation Project

Donating trees to help slow down the advancing desert

As desertification expands southward from the Sahara, it is logical to conclude that it will eventually impact Togo as well. This is especially true as climate change and global warming bring unknown and unpredictable weather patterns to our region. Furthermore, there has been a recent increase in deforestation due to timber harvest and charcoal production.

In order to mitigate current deforestation in our communities, Alaffia and the Global Alliance for Community Empowerment (GACE) have begun a tree planting project. We purchase young trees and distribute them to small towns and villages. This is a perpetual project and we would like to expand it throughout West Africa.

This year, Alaffia and GACE began a long-term tree planting in Togo as a way to prevent and mitigate deforestation and climate change. We distributed 55 trees to volunteers in the town of Nigbaoude in central Togo. Next year, we will proceed in larger scale, focusing our attention in the Dapaong region in northern Togo, which is experiencing the threat of desertification to a greater degree.