NEF Partners: Engély, Mali

Engély Guindo is a farmer in Amba, a village not far from Mopti, in Northern Mali. He was approached by members of the Near East Foundation office in Sévaré about the benefits of planting a tree plantation. So he did, and after a while began to see the benefits of the trees. He mentions the fruit, wood, and shade, but does not mention that the trees grow faster after cutting them down and reproduce from stumps. The trees also become fully grown in four years, a very fast amount of time, that enables the locals to increase their food and increase their income.

Music by Dennis Kinsey