We started our youth empowerment scheme with five young people from Chisengo village who are making grow bags under the Chongwe Reforestation Initiative. The youths were taught how to make seedling bags and given materials to make 500 bags each over a period of two months. The seedling bags will be used to plant native […]
We’ve officially signed an agreement with African Vision of Hope (AVOH) in Chongwe to set up a new tree nursery at their school. This is a huge step forward for our Chongwe Reforestation Initiative. This new nursery will be the home for 20,000 seedlings, which we’ll be planting as part of our ongoing efforts to […]
We kicked off our seed collection for the 2025-26 tree planting season at Chisengo village in Chongwe with a planning meeting where we met with he vice village headman, young people and several key women who are going to the contact people for our native tree seed collection. The trees are starting to drop their […]
We continued our mission to educate the next generation on environmental conservation, this time at Stashine Academy in Inqua Village, Chongwe District on the 3rd of July 2025. This workshop marked one of the ten schools targeted in the Chongwe area for climate change awareness and tree planting exercises, a critical part of the broader […]
From its medicinal purposes to its sweety and tangy black fruits, musiniga is a favorite to plant at Green Gold Social. Here is why
We picked up where we left last term with our school climate workshops and tree planting at Chishiko Primary School in Chongwe where we spoke to 100 students and planted 25 Musiniga (Syzygium Cumin) trees. Read about out first one here. This initiative is sponsored by the Polination Project, who are also supporting us to […]
We have been planting indigenous trees and raising climate awareness in Chisengu, Chikwela and Kapuka villages in Chongwe through trainings and meetings. In these meetings, women have taken the center stage – In attendance, in planting trees and in getting their voices heard. In the first awareness meeting in a village called Chisengu located 15 […]
Green Gold Social on Friday the 4th of April started the school climate awareness and tree planting project at African Vision of Hope (AVOH) school in Chongwe. The initiative, which will involve 450 students and will see 250 fruit trees planted at 10 schools in Chongwe, aims to equip school going children with the skills […]
We went to Chisengu village in Chisengu to plant 500 trees, but discovered a shocking truth about the illegal Musangu (Faidherbia albida) trade
Chabota woke up grumpy and hungry, her stomach is growling loudly. Her mother explains that there will be no breakfast because they have to save the little food they have left for lunch and dinner. Their maize failed last season because of the drought. It is raining normally this season and their maize is doing […]
