Rural Community Forestry – Ghana

Our Lady of Mercy Community Services (OLAM)

Rural Community Forestry in Navrongo, Upper East Region, Northern Ghana

The project goal is to improve family incomes and livelihoods and to contribute to the improvement of the environment in the region through reforestation. This will be done through the purchase of Mango tree saplings which will then be planted in rural areas. The economic benefits of the fruit and wood trees will motivate the beneficiaries to continue to own, maintain and sustain them for future returns.  The beneficiaries of this project will be rural women and youths, local groups, associations and farmers.