Sanya

Seven years ago this summer, I took my first visit to a Plant With Purpose program site: Tanzania.

Dropping new art of Joyce in Sanya to commemorate it.

I visited communities right at the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro. It made the links between climate change and poverty pretty clear.

Melting ice, unpredictable rain, longer dry seasons all set up the land for soil erosion. When you’re in a community where everybody farms and life is already difficult, an inadequate harvest is devastating.

Despite this situation affecting some 800 million people, I never saw an approach well tailored to deal with this intersection until Plant With Purpose, taking it a step forward to improve people’s land and livelihoods by integrating their spiritual lives.

Thanks for the outstanding hospitality, Tanzania. I still have strong memories of the enthusiastic welcome.