Five hundred trees went to Kouray with Leader Benal, and the video below shows an excited group of people calling out the tree species they want, hoping to get the best trees first. Leader Benal will keep track of every tree given and be sure to get each tree tracked, so the landowners can get continual support to ensure the trees they take home will survive.
Tree Tracker Claude
Claude, one of our tree trackers, has found a valuable Sed tree native to Haiti. Claude will photograph the tree in a tree tracking app that geotags and timestamps it. Once the tree is geotagged, it's uploaded to a world map for anyone to see. The farmer whose land the sed tree grows on will also be able to see the tree on the world map, and Claude will explain how his trees are helping with reforestation projects and self-sustainability. We're also working on a sponsorship program to show the farmers that donors and people worldwide want to support their work in growing the trees. Currently, we pay 2-15 cents for every ecologically valuable tree planted and provide education on how to keep the free alive.
Tree Monitoring Apps
Tracking trees is Tikouto's specialty. And he’s great at his job because he’s constantly learning the latest tree tracking app that will help him follow the lifespan of our seedlings. Up until now, other companies have sometimes supported the trees we plant and track. But currently, we’re working on a platform exclusively owned by The Haiti Tree Project where donors can sponsor Haitian farmers. Having dedicated sponsors will increase tree survival through the first dry season, and the app will allow the sponsors to watch the trees grow!
Stay tuned!
A New Phone
Our main phone for communication broke this week. Luckily, we had some extra funds on reserve and invested in a new phone. This new phone will allow our nursery manager, Enel, to take more rich photos and videos to share with our newsletter subscribers and social media followers, along with supporting improved tree tracking.
Tree Tracking
One of our principal jobs is checking up on the trees people take home. This week Tikouto, our tree tracker, visited several farmers, took photos of their new avocado and Breadnut trees, and uploaded the trees to the Greenstand Map.
We now have a Haitian agronomist in Greenstand identifying all the trees and taking statistics on survival. The most important part of reforestation is knowing when and why a tree dies. Greenstands data gives that information.
