Growing Trees Against All Odds: Neema's Story

Positives

• This video presents a great example of how individuals and communities play an important and impactful role in protecting their local environment.
• Neema is setting a great example by making a difference in her community through leadership and education.

Additional Prerequisites

• Although the video is presented in Swahili, subtitles in English are presented and are available in other languages as well.
• Students should have a general understanding of how climate change affects the water cycle.

Differentiation

• Have students consider what actions they can take in their community to protect their local environment.
• Have students consider how protecting trees could help the community adapt to the effects of climate change.
• This resource can also be used in health classes during lessons about the impacts of climate change on human health and during social studies classes during lessons about inequality.
• Students can watch this other video about another Tanzanian village that is protecting their local environment.