Potted Mpingo Seedlings in Nursery—Moshi, Tanzania. April 4, 1997.

Education

Sebastian has conducted training sessions for local residents around Moshi, as well as with students at local schools. By organizing the children in sports clubs, such as for soccer, he engages their interest while conveying valuable information about conservation issues.

If in time he had materials for teaching such as basic stationary supplies and ultimately a VCR, he would be able to maintain such efforts as well as expand them to a larger area surrounding Moshi. Education about the importance of Mpingo and the need to conserve and replenish it is vital to the long term success of a community-based project such as the ABCP.

Mrs. Mary Sambeke Volunteered to tend Seedlings.

15-month Old Mpingo Seedling From One of Sebastians’s Earlier Planting Experiments. Ready to Set Out. March 20, 1997

• New Internet Site for the ABCP •

A new site is being created on the Internet World Wide Web to serve as the anchor for the African Blackwood Project. This site will be maintained with all the up-to-date information on the status of ABCP. It will also serve as an information source for a broader worldwide audience, as well as serving as a point of referral to any organizations contacted about support for the project. If you have Internet access, check it out at

http://geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/4386