Benefits of
Planting Trees
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Here is a partial list of benefits created from trees, the Small Group structure and TIST project management:
Benefits of Trees
Trees provide shade from the hot tropical sun, cooling homes and allowing grass for cows to grow
Trees provide a windbreak that keeps the laundry on the line, and the roof on the house
Trees prevent erosion on steep or hilly areas
Trees provide fruit to eat and to sell
Trees along streams or rivers clean and retain the water and protect the banks
Trees provide firewood for the family without long and dangerous walks to a forest
Trees provide medicines from the bark
Trees provide fodder that keep cattle alive during drought
Trees provide fertilizer for the farm and garden
Benefits of Small Groups
Opportunities to work together on a joint project
Opportunities for leadership experience and growth
Opportunities to make joint financial decisions
Opportunities to learn together about health, or farming, or food
Opportunities to discuss ways to improve farms
Opportunities to support each other in times of need
Benefits of TIST's Approach to Project Management
Opportunities to "Go and Do" with energy and without hindrance
Opportunities to develop local organizational approaches
Opportunities to learn and use group facilitation skills
Opportunities to measure results and assure quality
TIST Newsletters
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