“MBP is doing good things for my life, family, and community. Don’t cut trees, don’t chop the forest. If you burn the forest, there will be nothing left for the future. I have taught my family this,” said Suzanne, one of the Malagasy participants.
“Before working for MBP, I could not afford food for my family and now I can. I have been able to save money to repair my house, send my two kids to school, and support my mother as well as my family…I even started a small farm with four chickens and five ducks. This project saved my family and I’d like to continue working here for a long time.” said Anjarasoa Yvette, another participant in the program.
Despite numerous hurdles over the past several years, including destructive cyclones and global restrictions from the pandemic, this important work is accelerating faster than ever. It took five years for Ed’s team to plant the first million trees and a little less than two years to plant the second million. 2022 is set to be their fastest year on record, with one million trees planted during the calendar year. That’s around 80,000 trees per month.