Reforestation Revives Abandoned Village

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 July 18, 2017            Written in the Field by Dr. Cynthia Frasier  Bringing Life Back to Vohipotsy It’s about a 40-minute walk along a meandering path to the reforestation nursery from the village of Vohipotsy. MBP’s Vohipotsy Nursery sits on a slope facing the site, where the first community planting event took place. Once the event began, we noticed people slowly drifting through the rice fields. They came in cautiously, in small groups. Until … Read More

Building a Well for a Nursery

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  In order to be sustainable, MBP digs a well for every nursery built, near each community to provide water during the dry season. The building of these wells are all hand dug. There is no electrical power or cranes used, only man power! Here you see the men putting in concrete cylinders for the sides of the well, so that it does not collapse.