First expedition to the site of the project

Get to know a little about the site and people where the project is being launched, Pai Pedro (Father Peter) City in our trip on 14th June.

After driving North the capital (Belo Horizonte) some 700 kms and about 120 km of unpaved road to the villages of Quilombolas, descendents of African slaves in the 17th century.

Get to know the jatropha curcas

Get to know this perennial tree, jatropha-curcas, the selected specie of our project

While planting a tree is a noble way to help heal the environment, experts say it's important to plant the right kind of tree as some can actually do more harm than good... according to BBC

SOS SEMI-ARID BRAZIL - WHO WE ARE

SOS Semi-arid Brazil is an early stage initiative of the Vale da Cidadania (Citizenship Valley) a NGO dedicated to foster the sustained development and poverty alleviation in the poorest region in Brazil (4th poorest in the world according to UN), the valleys of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri in the north of Minas Gerais State and BioVale Energy a Brazilian consortium of socially and environmentally responsible companies with expertises in biofuels productive chain.

The main goals of this initiative is to combine efforts to foster the social-economic development in the region by planting perennial productive trees, jatropha-curcas , by means of voluntary tree donations.

Therefore the project has dual impact - socially assisting the agricultural deprived families and environmentally neutralizing the Gas heating effect of carbon emission which is causing an alarming impact in the global warming.

We are fully supported by the State Government main agencies, universities and other organizations towards the project.

While we are developing the structure and resources to support the project, you suggestions, skills, support would be highly appreciated.

We make ourselves available to provide full information;details of the project.
VALE DA CIDADANIA - BIOVALE ENERGIA