tanzania: Nurturing the future

As he walks across the dusty tracks of his sunburnt village, Abdallah Nyinga looks much like any other teenager. But this thoughtful, softly-spoken 16-year-old is really quite different from the rest - single-handedly, he’s gradually changing the way his community thinks. The change started four years ago, when he was at primary school. As part of a WWF environmental education programme which runs throughout Tanzania, one of Abdallah’s lessons concerned the importance of trees.