Cameroon
Two pilot nurseries with a total of 50, 000 seedlings
(20 different tree species) were established near Kumbo in the North West Province by Strategic Humanitarian Services. This project also involved the felling of 30,000 eucalyptus trees which were replaced by the trees from the nursery for agro-forestry. The project enabled women farmers to work closer to their homes. The results from the pilot projects were used to for a larger project supported by the Future in Our Hands Education and Development Fund involving the raising of 1.5 million trees (60 species) and the removal of half a million eucalyptus. See TABLE for schedule of 46 species.

Eucalyptus trees, introduced in the early 1900's, have spread throughout the district and have reduced crop yields and lowered water tables during the dry season. The outcome has been that many thousands of women have had to walk up to 15 miles to find new farming areas in warmer low-lying areas with snakes, mosquitoes and polluted water sources.
UK volunteer, Lizzie Jeans, helps women women at the pilot project nursery.