A tree for each child
By the community of Nouakchott in Mauritania In the Sahel, the region south of the Sahara Desert, the advancement of desert sands is threatening homes and farming fields. A big Pan African Plan has been promoted to fight the desertification and residents all over the region are planting a “Great Green Wall” hoping to slow down the process. The project started in 2007 and all neighboring countries are engaged in this great challenge. By 2024, around 30 million hectares had been restored, representing 30% of the target set. This large-scale project faces numerous challenges, such as a lack of funding and locust swarms, but also, and this has been the most worrying development in recent times, terrorist threats and a lack of political leadership. To know more you can visit the Wikipedia link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Green_Wall_(Africa) In Mauritania our sisters have been planting trees for many years now, in…