A new milestone for OZG Senegal...

OZG now has an official office in Kaolack (Senegal). Always welcome, coffee is hot. . .  ☕️

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Standing up for sustainable development

Planting forests is one thing,
ensuring prosperity is another. . . OZG is not an environmental organisation, nor are we a traditional development organisation.

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The power of debate (General Meeting 2018)

The power of debate and diologue is what gets things moving.

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Mission Senegal April 2018

Mission in Senegal from 11 to 23 April. Team members: Werner Sels, Prof. Dr. Ir. Patrick Van Damme, Wim Jacobs, Halewijn Timmerman and El Hadji Malick Sylla.

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Behind the scenes of the documentary "Roll up our sleeves"

Documentary of the 10 years of work by OZG will be broadcast on Belgian Television (ATV, RTBF and some digital TV Channels) on December 30 and 31.

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Collecting seeds from trees, grasses and herbs

At the end of November, the harvest starts of seed from some trees, grasses and herbs. (pictures 12/2016)

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Generating prosperity instead of charity stops migrations

The socio-economic benefits that a new forest provide are enormous.

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A new forest is born (2016)

Women sowing new trees in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso. The sowing must be done before the rainy season, which starts in June and ends mid-September.

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Former presidential candidate of Burkina Faso Mr. Jean Baptist Natama invests in schools near reforestion projects of OZG

Former presidential candidate of Burkina Faso Mr.

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Women of Tiofolboye are sowing 800.000 trees

The new fields in North-East Burkina Faso (800ha in 2016) are prepared. The women of this area can now start to sow 800. 000 trees.

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Money grows on trees

February-March is the right time to harvest seed from trees like Acacia. Women and children collect all kinds of seeds of different trees.

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Return On Investment for local population

OZG realizes important ROI's for local population in drylands thanks to its reforestation projects. Even in dry season, the new forests create jobs so people can manage their livelihood.

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Land labor for rainy season 2016 has started

Saydou Kalaga, sociologist of OZG, inspects the start of the tractor work for the 2015-2016 season on the "naked" fields in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso.

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Greening the desert in 2015

The rainy season has started very well in June 2015 in the North of Burkina Faso.

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Mission June 2015

Let's make the desert green! 

Women of the villages Djibo, Aribinda and Béléhédé have started to sow 2. 000.

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Harvesting seed for season 2015-2016

Due to scale expansion, OZG needs to reorganize seed collection. Women need to learn how to collect different species of seed.

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Preparation 2015

In 2015, OZG will plant 3. 800. 000 trees in order to reclaim 3800 hectares of degraded soils. By the end of 2015, we'll have planted 4. 500.

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Measurements 2014

Each year we provide 2 important reports for our donors and investors. One ecological and one sociological report.

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Reforestation in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso, 2009-2014

Our fight against desertification due to climate change started in 2009 in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso.

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