Green island tree-planting

Our Green Island is finally getting green!

Read about our tree-planting day

building a community garden

In February 2019, we had a special visit to Mae Sot. The two French brothers, Joseph and Raphael Molcard, stopped in town, on a spectacular journey. They were bicycling from Vietnam to France, a trip of more than 10.000 kilometer, ¼ of the distance around the equator.

Along their trip, they had a mission of planting as many trees as possible, and when they arrived in Mae Sot, before crossing to Myanmar, they joined Estudio Cavernas, to prepare the community garden at the Green Island.

With experience in of developing permaculture systems, they prepared the small community garden behind our new football field, in the middle of the community. As February is at the height of the dry season, it was not ideal to plant the trees at the time. We had to wait for the rainy season, and in the 3rd weekend of June, the soil is moist and fertile, and it was time to get the trees in the ground.

In 2017, we did a similar tree-planting project at our football field at Mae Tao Clinic to give PlayOnside access to fresh fruits for our training. The objective of this tree-planting project is to give the local community at the garbage dump access to fresh organic fruits, for their own consumption and as an income-generating project.

Moreover, of course, since our project is called Green Island, we need a lot of green around our little football field.


 A second objective of the project is to use the trees educationally. The children will learn about permaculture, they will learn about responsibility of taking care of their new garden, and they will learn about the nutritional benefits of fruits and vegetables. 

The tree-planting event was a great day, bringing the community together, and everybody eagerly participated planting mangos, jackfruits, avocados, papayas and banana trees. We are as excited as the local community to see the trees grow filled with delicious fruits, and to provide a green and lush oasis in garbage dump community. 

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