Location / SC

Bitereko subcounty, Mitooma District.

Entry year

2003

Trees Planted

694

Harriet Musinguzi, from Bitereko Subcounty in Mitooma District, joined the Trees for Global Benefits (TGB) project around 2003 through a women’s group trained by ECOTRUST. She planted 694 trees.

She joined the project to access firewood and timber sustainably, while also helping to conserve the environment. Over time, Harriet started receiving carbon payments, which she used to educate her children. Today, they are all working, and her family has improved its income.

The project also helped her invest in cattle and even buy a household vehicle.

Harriet is grateful to ECOTRUST for the support. She takes care of her trees by thinning out weaker ones to give the healthy ones space to grow. She plans to keep them for the long term, and is strongly committed to this.