Roots And Shoots Collaboration

Terrawatu has partnered up with Roots & Shoots, a project of the Jane Goodall Institute, to expand our tree planting and environmental awareness programs throughout the Arusha District.

Roots and Shoots’ mission in Tanzania is to share and extend the understanding of natural environments and human communities thus enabling coexistence and effect positive change through Chimpanzee and wildlife research, conservation and economic development and education. Roots and Shoots works to engage and inspire youth and communities through their field expeditions, conservation clubs, community services and service learning methods.

Through this collaboration Terrawatu will facilitate the creation of Roots and Shoots clubs, projects focused on encouraging youth’s interest and capacity in maintaining the Tanzanian ecosystem, in the schools and villages that Terrawatu currently works in. The classroom component will utilize the technology and computer labs that Terrawatu has established to create a bridge between technology and education; projectors will be used to present the work and mission of Roots and Shoots while the Internet will be promoted to further investigate the Websites, work, and goals of both Terrawatu and Roots and Shoots.

In return Roots and Shoots will work with the women’s groups that Terrawatu supports to provide them with technical assistance and trainings on sustainable forest management, tree nursery preparations, raising and management techniques, water catchments, species selection and medicinal plants.