11/05/2026
SCI ADVENTURES IN THE GAMBIA 🇬🇲, WEST AFRICA. HAD TO SHARE THIS. TREE THAR FEED US.POWER OF A SEED. IMPORTANCE OF ONE TREE.
*Part 2: Tsubvu and the Trees That Fed Us 🌳*
_Every Seed Is a Message to the Future_
There was a time when pupils were asked to bring something small to school for a particular community programme.
One child brought an empty Mazoe or cooking oil bottle for watering.
Another brought a cracked bucket.
Another brought a firewood stick.
Small things.
Nothing fancy, just a community working together.
Now imagine bringing back that spirit and culture through seeds.
Every time a child eats a fruit, they keep the seed.
Mango. Avocado. Tsubvu. Nartjie. Matamba. Orange. Guava. Pawpaw. Baobab.
If a school has 500 pupils, and each child keeps 20 seeds, that is 10,000 seeds.
Let us be realistic.
Not all will germinate.
Not all will survive.
But if only 2 trees per child survive, that is 1,000 extra trees in one community.
Now imagine doing that every year or every term.
By 2036, the road to school looks different.
By 2046, the whole community looks different.
More shade.
More fruit.
More bees.
More soil cover.
More food.
Let us use avocado as an example.
If 1,000 trees produce only 100 fruits each, that is 100,000 fruits a year.
And 100 fruits is conservative.
What if it is 200?
That is 200,000 fruits.
What if some trees produce more?
Now we are talking about a living nutrition program.
Many donor programs help, but when funding dries up, the program stops.
A tree does not stop because the budget ended.
My grandmother passed on at 96. Near the end, she still had a mango seed wrapped in newspaper from a recent visit.
She knew she would not eat from that tree.
But she saved it anyway.
That is the mindset.
A seed is not rubbish.
It is food security folded into a small shell.
Kwaedza Farm challenge: This week, keep every fruit seed you eat. Start at home. Start at school. Plant one tree. Water it. Protect it. Build food security one seed at a time.