Planting Trees

Every few months all the environmental volunteers meet up to get additional training. José, my youth contact, came with me to a Peace Corps Project Design Management meeting in Atyra.

Capilla Cue Jose Filling Out Travel Form — *My youth contact José, filling out project forms*

Atyra Main Building — *Marianela Event Center at Atyra*

Atyra Kathleen Teaching — *Learning from our sister G*

Atyra More Guarani Lessons — *Breaking down a project into simple parts.*

This was Jose’s first ever exposure to planning out a project, and together we brainstormed several things that we could do when we got back. One of those ideas was to plant a few trees in our community’s main plaza.

Capilla Cue Jose Nery Painting Tree Boxes — *José and Nery preparing tree boxes to protect the future trees*

After José built the tree boxes, I petitioned the NGO Todo Pulmon to donate a few local saplings, and then we worked with my 6^th grade gardening class to plant them.