Graine de Vie’s philosophy is based on an endogenous approach and local roots. That’s why our local projects are based on local initiatives. The authorities (local and traditional) and village associations (women, farmers, schoolchildren) contact us after hearing about our actions in the surrounding villages. Through our discussions, they increasingly understand how the massive destruction of their forests threatens their wood, water and food supplies. In fact, in the countries where we operate, 85% of the population survives solely on natural resources. By becoming aware of this, they themselves become the main players in reforestation. Our role is to make available to them, in villages that are often isolated, a nursery producing 10,000 seedlings of cash crop trees each year (trees that produce resources for the population) and forest trees for reforestation.