Eden Updates

Madagascar: The Mangrove Project

Thu, 1 Nov 2007 09:57:31 -0700

Mahabana is a remote fishing village located about 200 miles southeast of Mahajanga, Madagascar. The village is surrounded by a vast mangrove forest filled with interweaving channels full of fish, birds and a colony of Madagascar flying foxes, Pteropus rufus. In recent years large portions of the forest have been cut down for lumber and charcoal. This same scenario is seen all along the coast as the demand for charcoal and building lumber increases.

Update: Idoro Mountain Reforestation Effort, Ethiopia

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:27:47 -0700

Dawit Kebede is the Eden Project manager for the Ethiopian reforestation project and has been leading our Idoro mountain effort. He reported that 45,000 seedlings were successfully planted in our first year of effort! An additional 5,000 seedlings were planted, for use as fuel and construction lumber. In order to protect the reforestation efforts, it is important to invest in agroforestation so that the local communities will not have to use the new forests for fuel and construction wood.

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Update for Fianarantsoa, Madagascar

Tue, 9 Oct 2007 10:49:57 -0700

Dries, our Malagasy representative, continues to send wonderful updates and photos about the work in Fianar, Madagascar.

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Additionally, here are some photos from our partners at WorldVenture. Jamie Shattenberg, a faithful Eden Projects volunteer, sent us pictures of these trees which Eden Projects President Steve Fitch will soon see when he visit’s WorldVenture’s Madagascar location. These are some of the trees they’ve planted out of the same heart for reforestation and agroforestation.

In Fianar, Dries also reports that:

We have gained access to over forty different species of indigenous tree seedlings for reforestation.
Concerning our agroforestation efforts, we already have a variety of fruit tree seedlings - including apricot and avocado. Additionally, we purchased over 10,000 Arabica coffee beans for planting this season.
Dries’ goal is to plant 200,000 to 250,000 seedlings in the near future depending on the manner in which everything comes together this first year.

Ultimately, we are seeing a demonstration of success in our projects as the nurseries are being methodically structured for large seedling production and cultivation in the future.

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Author: Danielle Fitch is currently an intern for the Free Methodist Church of Southern California (FMCSC), and an alum of Azusa Pacific University (APU). She has authored a number of articles on behalf of the Eden Projects and Continental New Life International (CNLI).

New Empowering Lives International Video

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:09:47 -0700

Our partnership with Empowering Lives International (ELI) has been a valuable one.
Not only do we appreciate the unique qualities that ELI brings to the table, such as their establishment of Elementary Schools, Clergy Training Centers, and Agricultural
Awareness Centers in Africa, BUT, in partnership with them we've been able to expand our own reforestation and agroforestation projects.
The endeavors of ELI and The Eden Projects will only serve to better empower the

More specifically, our partnership with ELI in Sudan has birthed the beginnings of a nursery, a pump and irrigation system, cooperative relationships with their school in Bohr, and the recent installation of a well for the community there.

While nothing can replace firsthand experience, we invite you to hear about the exciting things that are happening in Sudan through the words of Don Rogers, International Director of ELI.

(Link to video)

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Author: Danielle Fitch is currently an intern for the Free Methodist Church of Southern California (FMCSC), and an alum of Azusa Pacific University (APU). She has authored a number of articles on behalf of the Eden Projects and Continental New Life International (CNLI).

Introducing the new CNLI website!

Thu, 5 Jul 2007 14:22:32 -0700

We are happy to announce the re-installment of our Continental New Life International (CNLI) website!

What’s new on the site?
View our pictures taken from actual CNLI trips to Sudan and Ethiopia.
Read about how our holistic methods are used and why we hold them as such an integral part of CNLI.
Watch for the most recent CNLI updates, as they feed through our front page! One can gain access to the full article, simply by clicking one of the update pictures.
Subscribe to CNLI updates directly by adding our RSS to your feed reader.

Please click here, or enter cnli.org in your browser for more.

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Author: Danielle Fitch is currently an intern for the Free Methodist Church of Southern California (FMCSC), and an alum of Azusa Pacific University (APU). She has authored a number of articles on behalf of the Eden Projects and Continental New Life International (CNLI).