Anniversary Present for Susi in Kizungu

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During our visit to Kizungu Village Susi and I celebrated our anniversary.  The Chief of the village mentioned during the ceremony for the Stove Project that one of his needs was the planting of new hardwood forests as theirs are severely depleted.  As our anniversary gift to each other Susi and I returned to the village the following day with Emma and 100 Sederalla Trees.  We planted 5 (One for each member of our immediate family) and left the chief with 95 more along with a nice gift for his wife and a few shovels.  The pictures below show us planting the 5 trees near the village well.  We hope to revisit here and watch these trees grow along with our comitment to Kizungu.

Susi Planting a Sederella while a few Kizungu villagers try to figure out what the heck is going on.

Emma trying to get a tree planted without disturbing her onlookers

I am trying to show the locals that Mizungo know how to dig holes.  They were not impressed.


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