There Are Opportunities Even In The Most

For The Rains And The Rivers You Need Forests And You Need To Make Sure These Your Forests Are All Protected, That There Is No Logging, That There Is No Charcoal Burning And All The Activities That Destroy The Forest. All This Really Needs To Be Done So That You Can Be Able To Grow Good Coffee, So That You Can Have An Income, So That You Can Send Your Children To School, So That You Can Buy Medicine, So That You Can Take Them To Hospitals, So That You Can Care For The Women, Especially Mothers.

Disempowerment - Whether Defined In Terms Of A Lack Of Self-confidence , Apathy, Fear, Or An Inability To Take Charge Of One's Own Life - Is Perhaps The Most Unrecognised Problem In Africa Today.

That's The Way I Do Things When I Want To Celebrate, I Always Plant A Tree. And So I Got An Indigenous Tree, Called Nandi Flame, It Has This Beautiful Red Flowers. When It Is In Flower It Is Like It Is In Flame.

When You Think Of All The Conflicts We Have - Whether Those Conflicts Are Local, Whether They Are Regional Or Global - These Conflicts Are Often Over The Management, The Distribution Of Resources. If These Resources Are Very Valuable, If These Resources Are Scarce, If These Resources Are Degraded, There Is Going To Be Competition.

For Me Planting A Tree Is A Very Doable Thing. It's Not Complicated, It Doesn't Require Technology, It Doesn't Require Much Knowledge, But It Can Be A Very Important Entry Point Into Communities Understanding How They Destroy Their Own Resources, But How They Can Also Restore Those Resources, And Not Wait For Their Government Or International Agencies To Come And Help Them.