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Project Duration: October 2022 \u2013 March 2023<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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PROJECT SCOPE\/OBJECTIVE<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
1. Tree Planting And Climate Change Sensitization Project<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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a.<\/strong> Raise awareness among a targeted number of 2000 pupils and students within the 6 months of the implementation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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b.<\/strong> Plant a minimum of 500 trees – for demonstration purposes and increasing the carbon sink \u2013 trees stewarded by students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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c.<\/strong> Mentor 5 enthusiastic students with strong affinity towards green technologies (within the 6 months).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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In order that you appreciate the essence of this practical advocacy project, we would like to bring your attention to the findings of a paper published by Stephen T. Odonkor et all. \u201cKnowledge, Attitude, and Adaptation to Climate Change in Ghana\u201d – A nationally representative survey of Ghanaian adults conducted between August and December 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quite interestingly, the results from this paper showed that only 43.9% of the respondents understood the meaning of climate change. This data gets staggering when you realize that more than half of the respondents (57.4%) had undergraduate education, and the rest had secondary education (22.7%), postgraduate (9.1%), no formal education (5.6%), and primary education (4.9%). When asked to rate their social
status, most of the respondents (63.2%) said that they were in the middle class, followed by the upper class (29.7%) and lower class (7.1%). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Government policy (Green Ghana project) will be advocated, and policy contributions made to stakeholders to enhance the efficiency of the project<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

2. Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP)<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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Increase the green cover (carbon sink) by creating an environment for plants to thrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Quality soil developing intercropping techniques <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    • Recycling plastic materials into low-cost drip irrigation technology for subsisting farmers<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      • Farmer controlled natural regeneration<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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        • Agro forestry<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Target:<\/strong> 100 farmers in the Eastern and Volta regions of Ghana.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

          3. Climate Change Digital Drive<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

          Most of our online campaigns will be measured with data analytics obtained in relation to the advocacy activities on the various websites used – both mainstream and social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          PROJECT DELIVERABLES\/ACHIEVEMENTS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

          TREE PLANTING AND CLIMATE CHANGE SENSITISATION (TPCCS)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

          Our tree planting and climate change sensitization activity has seen enormous progress, having reached an estimated number of 2,520 students from October 2022 to February 2023. With the help and support of both AfEI\u2019s core and student volunteers from the University college of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at Bunso in the Eastern region of Ghana, we organized different levels and ranges of Climate change education and tree planting in 14 upper primary and Junior high schools herein listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            1. Adawso R\/C School<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            2. Royal Promise School<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            3. Adawso Presbyterian School<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            4. Miracle Child Academy<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            5. Ettukrom Methodist School<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            6. Bunso M\/A School<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            7. Akwamufie Presbyterian School<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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              1. Compassion International School<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              2. Apeguso D\/A Basic School<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              3. Osiabura D\/A School<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              4. Frankadua D\/A School<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              5. Abutiame Amesianyakofe D\/A School<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              6. Apeguso Presbyterian School<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              7. Frankadua E.P. School<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

                The average number of students per class has been estimated to be 30. Our outreach focused on pupils and students from upper primary to Junior high school. In each of the schools reached for the TPCCSP, we planted an average of 30 trees per school. We have used averages because some schools had enough lands to establish more tree seedlings than others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                We have therefore established 420 trees from the outreaches to the various schools. In order to compensate for our targeted 500 trees in the period of 6 months, our newly established club in Royal Promise School has established a tree plant nursery and will be transplanting 300 seedlings in the final week of March 2023 \u2013 This tree planting festival will be held at Asikuma in the Eastern Region of Ghana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Outside of the TPCCSP, we formed sustainable partnerships that enabled us to increase the number of trees planted within this period substantially, we have worked with and supported Odeneho Kwafo Akoto III, the King of the Akwamu kingdom to establish an extra 1,800 tree seedlings in his kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                The trees planted in this project include Mangos (Mangifera indica), acacia, Mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni), and Ofram (Terminalia superba).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                (Pictured below are some sessions of Tree Planting and Climate Change Sensitization<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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