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Fruit Tree Growing Project — Supported by Alupro
 
Recycle your aluminium drinks cans and help us plant fruit trees in Malawi
 

In July 2007, we were incredibly lucky to be selected by Alupro, a not-for-profit organisation promoting aluminium recycling in the UK, to set up a fruit tree growing project in Nkhata Bay District. The idea behind this project is that communities can generate an income from selling the trees and from the sale of fruits in the future, and families will also have their own trees to provide food for themselves.

Alupro launched the project in London on 10 July 2007 and recruited Dr Charlotte Uhlenbroek, the environmental film maker, to give 15 radio interviews about the project in the morning. Following this, we had a very successful meeting with the Alupro team, together with Dr Francis Moto, the Malawian High Commissioner to the UK and, later on that day, we went to the Houses of Parliament for a photoshoot with Helen Southworth, MP for Warrington South where the Novelis aluminium recycling plant is based.
 
Dr Francis Moto, Malawi High Commissioner, and Dr Charlotte Uhlenbroek with Geoff at the launch of the Alupro trees campaign Geoff and Liz with Helen Southworth (centre), MP for Warrington South, at the Houses of Parliament From left to right: Dr David Mkwambisi, Dr Francis Moto, Malawi High Commissioner, Dr Charlotte Uhlenbroek, Geoff, Liz, and Rick Hindley, Executive Director of Alupro

Dr Francis Moto, Malawi High Commissioner, and Dr Charlotte Uhlenbroek with Geoff at the launch of the Alupro trees campaign

Geoff and Liz with Helen Southworth (centre), MP for Warrington South, at the Houses of Parliament

From left to right: Dr David Mkwambisi, Dr Francis Moto, Malawi High Commissioner, Dr Charlotte Uhlenbroek, Geoff, Liz, and Rick Hindley, Executive Director of Alupro
 
The more aluminium drinks cans and foil you recycle in the UK,
the more fruit trees will be grown!
 
This project has been running successfully since then and has been adopted by the majority of our community tree nurseries, with the result that large quantities of guava and pawpaw (papaya) trees, together with improved citrus and mango trees, have been grown.
 
Some lemons being grown close to Nkhata Bay Local avocados being grown in the nursery so that improved avocados can be grafted onto the root stock An improved tangerine shoot being grown onto local lemon root stock using the budding procedure Guava seedlings

Some lemons being grown close to Nkhata Bay

Local avocados being grown in the nursery so that improved avocados can be grafted onto the root stock

An improved tangerine shoot being grown onto local lemon root stock using the budding procedure

Guava seedlings

 

People are beginning to realise that we have to start looking after our planet — climate change and shortages of natural resources are high on the agenda. We believe that it's really important that everybody does their bit, so we thoroughly endorse the recycling of aluminium and other recyclable materials. Take a look at the Alupro website to find out more about this.
 
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Helen Southworth, MP for Warrington South, Rick Hindley, Executive Director of Alupro, and Dr Francis Moto, Malawi High Commissioner, at the Houses of Parliament for the launch of the Alupro trees campaign

Helen Southworth, MP for Warrington South,
Rick Hindley, Executive Director of Alupro, and
Dr Francis Moto, Malawi High Commissioner, at the Houses of Parliament for the launch of the Alupro trees campaign