{"id":135,"date":"2019-04-19T20:33:33","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T20:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onebilliontreesforafrica.org\/?page_id=135"},"modified":"2021-10-13T18:15:18","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T18:15:18","slug":"youth-women","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/onebilliontreesforafrica.org\/index.php\/youth-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth &#038; Women"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> <br>When trees yield fruits and medicinal products, they create economic opportunities for women and youth<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> <br>\u201cEnding poverty must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education and encourage sustainable economic growth.\u201d&nbsp; <\/p><cite> <br>Judith Walcott  <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Creating opportunities for all to drive the restoration economy <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"813\" src=\"http:\/\/onebilliontreesforafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/annie-spratt-cVEOh_JJmEE-unsplash-1024x813.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"551\" data-link=\"http:\/\/onebilliontreesforafrica.org\/index.php\/livelihoods-resilience\/annie-spratt-cveoh_jjmee-unsplash\/#main\" class=\"wp-image-551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onebilliontreesforafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/annie-spratt-cVEOh_JJmEE-unsplash-1024x813.jpg 1024w, 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https:\/\/onebilliontreesforafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/suad-kamardeen-_S07bQs6Qdo-unsplash-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"http:\/\/onebilliontreesforafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WP_20160827_12_32_17_Pro-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"23\" data-link=\"http:\/\/onebilliontreesforafrica.org\/wp_20160827_12_32_17_pro\/#main\" class=\"wp-image-23\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onebilliontreesforafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WP_20160827_12_32_17_Pro-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/onebilliontreesforafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WP_20160827_12_32_17_Pro-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/onebilliontreesforafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WP_20160827_12_32_17_Pro-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/onebilliontreesforafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/annie-spratt-m0DUL38R49Y-unsplash-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"573\" data-link=\"http:\/\/onebilliontreesforafrica.org\/index.php\/youth-women\/annie-spratt-m0dul38r49y-unsplash-2\/#main\" class=\"wp-image-573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onebilliontreesforafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/annie-spratt-m0DUL38R49Y-unsplash-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/onebilliontreesforafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/annie-spratt-m0DUL38R49Y-unsplash-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/onebilliontreesforafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/annie-spratt-m0DUL38R49Y-unsplash-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"> When the trees start to yield fruits, food and other medicinal products, they immediately <strong>create new economic opportunities<\/strong> for young people and women across these communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inspired by our original pilot project, and the inaugural 5 women and 14 young people who started harvesting and processing different products for income, One Billion Trees continues to<strong> put youth and women front and center <\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Thanks to our ongoing work, many young people <strong>who had migrated to urban towns and some from Libya after failing to migrate to Europe have now returned to the community<\/strong> and found self employment in the value chains of either producing, processing or selling  natural resources.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" 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