

Fruit Tree Growing Project — Supported by Alupro |
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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. |
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more aluminium drinks cans and foil you
recycle in the UK, the more fruit trees will be grown! |
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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. |
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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, |