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Since 2001 Friends of Hagg Wood has had a link
with the Waoogtaab la Boumbou group in Burkina Faso. They
have planted 4,000 neem, eucalyptus, and acacia trees in and around
their village of Barkoundba, located 45 kilometres northeast of
Ougadoudou, the capital.
According to Ousmane Bonkoungou, their correspondent, "The trees that we have planted were provided by the Nongtaaba Rural Area Development Committee, a non governmental association of peasants of which our village is a member. . . . . . " Our problem is lack of water. The climate is hot and some of the trees die." In 2002 we took some photos of working parties in Hagg Wood with a disposable camera which was sent to Ousmane who fiinished the film with many photos of people and trees in Barkoundba. A display of photos from both groups was later shown at the Dunnington Village Fair, the Dunnington primary school, and a public meeting in York organised by the Fanteakwa link group. |