COTAP was recently covered on The New York Times Dot Earth blog in a piece entitled “Action Plans on CO2 that Go Beyond ‘Woe is Me, Shame on You.’”
Beatrice Ahimbisibwe
Country: Uganda
Community: Bitereko
Trees Planted: 1,400
Total Earnings To Date: $1,831
Livelihood Benefits: New house, furniture, children's school fees, invested in building a new school
Anastazia Solomon
Country: Malawi
Village: Mkokamwendo
Trees Planted: 467 over 1 ha & 800-meters boundary plantings
Climate Benefit: 193 tonnes of CO2
Earnings To Date: $360
Total Expected Earnings: $600
Livelihood Benefits: Children's school fees, home improvements, pig farming
Musingo Mikhaya
Country: Uganda
Village: Bukusu
Trees Planted: 330
Climate Benefit: 178.4 tonnes of CO2
Earnings To Date: $142
Total Expected Earnings: $472
Livelihood Benefits: Healthcare costs, children's school fees, supported livestock farming, transport of farm produce to markets
Marcelino Arostegui Mendosa
Country: Nicaragua
Community: Morcillo
Trees Planted: 2,917
Total Earnings To Date: $446.24
Total Expected Earnings: $1,711.13
Livelihood Benefits: Tools for farm repairs, extra food and supplies, fuelwood
Maria Elisa Gonzales
Country: Nicaragua
Community: La Grecia
Trees Planted: 3,167
Total Earnings To Date: $754.22
Total Expected Earnings: $2,026.69
Livelihood Benefits: Food, clothing, children's school supplies
Daniel Mukhwana
Country: Uganda
Village: Bumbo
Trees Planted: 799 via dispersed interplantings over 4 hectares
Climate Benefit: 475.6 tonnes of CO2
Earnings To Date: $378
Total Expected Earnings: $1260
Livelihood Benefits: Children's school fees, improved soil quality, shade for coffee crop
Dorothy Nthala
Country: Malawi
Village: Tchale
Trees Planted: 600 over 1800-meters boundary plantings
Climate Benefit: 147 tonnes of CO2
Earnings To Date: $381
Total Expected Earnings: $685
Livelihood Benefits: Corrugated iron roof for her house, improved soil fertility, fuel wood, poles for tobacco curing sheds
Maate Zaverio
Country: Uganda
Village: Maliba
Trees Planted: 800
Climate Benefit: 406.8 tonnes of CO2
Earnings as of 3/13/18: $976.60
Total Expected Earnings: $1,220.80
Livelihood Benefits: School fees for children, medical bills.
Beatrice Tibamwenda
Country: Uganda
Village: Rubirizi
Trees Planted: 400
Climate Benefit: 203.4 tonnes of CO2
Earnings as of 3/9/18: $304.60
Total Expected Earnings: $610.40
Livelihood Benefits: School fees for grandchildren, medical bills for children.
Winfred Musimenta
Country: Uganda
Village: Kichwamba
Trees Planted: 480
Climate Benefit: 203.4 tonnes of CO2
Earnings To Date: $427
Total Expected Earnings: $610.40
Livelihood Benefits: Student nutrition from crop trees including mango, avocado, and jackfruit. Shade.
