Walking 500km for trees

Selena Ware is raising money for TREEZ
In memory of James Gleadow
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Due to the increase in population and the need for woodfuel for cooking and heating, Malawi has lost 85% of its trees in the last 20 years, and as the graph shows: at current rates of population growth and deforestation, by 2025 the country will no longer have enough biomass to sustain the population. ​ Zomba TREEZ aims to mitigate the damage caused by the loss of the biomass and help reduce the effects of climate change in the Zomba area. Through raising awareness, tree planting, promotion of natural regeneration and fire prevention we aim to increase water retention, reduce soil erosion, provide clean air and water, and protect and preserve Malawi’s biodiversity. • For the past 4 years Zomba TREEZ has sponsored 2 local football teams: The Happy Hammers and the Berries FC. For the past 2 years Zomba TREEZ is also sponsoring the Happy Hammers Queen and Berries Queens, local netball teams. • In exchange for the sponsorship, the teams help with the tree planting and maintenance of the seedlings and also help with the any firefighting if fires occur. • Involving local community groups to help with the maintenance and upkeep of the seedlings, as well as the creation of firebreaks for the seedlings’ protection through a “money for survival rate” payment scheme. • The water catchment conservation corridors that TREEZ has been planting have a significant representation of fruit trees, this is for the local communities to have a source of nutrition and income from the forest

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I am walking 500km in the next year to raise money for tree planting in Malawi with the charity TREEZ- (The Reforestation of the Environment and Ecosystem of Zomba) which works within the local community on Zomba Plateau to raise environmental awareness, protect the forest with fire prevention and plant trees- which helps prevent drought, flooding, provide shade and support the diverse ecosystems and communities in which they grow and thrive.  Deforestation and extreme weather conditions are increasingly affecting Zomba Plateau.  Even now, in March 2023, Zomba is being hit by a cyclone with 479mm of rain in a short period of time.

You can find out more at: https://www.zombatreez.com/

I first started this fundraising in 2016 with my cousin James Gleadow who in 2018 sadly lost his life to colon cancer at the age of 36 years.  He loved walking in the hills of Scotland.  This year I am remembering him and my friend Maeve Gavin who lost her fight against breast cancer in 2018, and who loved Glen Affric, by setting myself a long distance target of 500km and hoping that friends and family will join me on my journey and help fundraise too.  I will also be celebrating bi-visibility as I venture on this hiking journey (https://thisisbiscuit.org.uk/AboutUs).

Whatever you can contribute, small or large will make a difference - trees are the life force of our planet, for ourselves and generations to come. 

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