In Zimbabwe, VITRI is a partner in a forestry project managed by the Zimbabwe AIDS Orphans Society, a Finnish NGO, and its local partner, the Dzikwa Trust; see more at http://www.zim-orvot.org/in_english/
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Representing VITRI, Prof. Olavi Luukkanen (now for the third time) visited the project site at Dzivarasekwa, a township of the city of Harare, and participated in the planning of new tree nursery and agroforestry demonstration site planning activities. Two MSc theses by students from our university have previously been completed in this project as part VITRI activities; currently, Heidi Haavisto, an agroecology student from Viikki, is in the process of doing the same, see Heidi’s blog at http://mangomaa.blogspot.fi/ Continue reading “VITRI and the Zimbabwe AIDS Orphans Society”