{"id":2061,"date":"2023-08-22T19:24:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T17:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magictotheworld.de\/?page_id=2061"},"modified":"2023-11-02T21:03:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T20:03:05","slug":"uganda-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/magictotheworld.de\/en\/uganda-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic to Uganda (&#8217;23)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>After the visible successes of recent years, we continued our tree planting cooperation with ISCOT<\/strong>\u00a0in the Madi Opei region in northern Uganda in spring 2023.\u00a0After more than 100,000 seedlings have been distributed to village communities, farmers and schools in the region in recent years, this year we have\u00a0 distributed\u00a0<strong>another 15,000 small trees<\/strong>\u00a0to motivated farmers and farming communities.\u00a0Our MttW-members Ronny and Florian were there in April and May, helping to distribute the seedlings and supplying local sports teams (soccer and basketball) with new jerseys and balls.\u00a0You can find our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/magictotheworld.de\/en\/uganda-2023-spenden\/\">preliminary report and appeal for donations here<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/magictotheworld.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/5D8C6094-48A5-45E5-B583-02F99C6FA285-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magictotheworld.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/5D8C6094-48A5-45E5-B583-02F99C6FA285-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/magictotheworld.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/5D8C6094-48A5-45E5-B583-02F99C6FA285-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/magictotheworld.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/5D8C6094-48A5-45E5-B583-02F99C6FA285-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/magictotheworld.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/5D8C6094-48A5-45E5-B583-02F99C6FA285-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/magictotheworld.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/5D8C6094-48A5-45E5-B583-02F99C6FA285-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Jimmy, Joel, Florian and Ronny (from left to right) in northern Uganda<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magictotheworld.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/signal-2023-05-04-150856_002-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2089\" width=\"780\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magictotheworld.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/signal-2023-05-04-150856_002-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/magictotheworld.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/signal-2023-05-04-150856_002-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/magictotheworld.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/signal-2023-05-04-150856_002-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/magictotheworld.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/signal-2023-05-04-150856_002-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/magictotheworld.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/signal-2023-05-04-150856_002-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><em>Magic team with a school class and 2 year old trees in the background<\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary of Magic to Uganda in 2023:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>another\u00a0\u00a0<strong>15,000 seedlings<\/strong>\u00a0distributed to farmers and village communities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Planting period: April-May 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Total investment by MttW:&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>\u20ac7,529.77 (\u20ac0.50\/seedling)<\/strong>&nbsp;for seedlings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Collaboration with ISCOT<\/strong>&nbsp;&amp; local management by Jimmy, Joel and Village Champions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MttW team consisting of Ronny and Florian on site in April &amp; May<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Further rearing of the seedlings by the village communities, sensitization and training by ISCOT and volunteers as well as the MttW team<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A new&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/translate.google.com\/website?sl=es&amp;tl=de&amp;hl=en&amp;client=webapp&amp;u=https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1UwLWXMpm0C3OgmI4QSBfLryHZlruU9TT\/view?usp%3Dsharing\">song by Jimmy Jimson feat.&nbsp;Flo&amp;Ronny<\/a>&nbsp;about our cooperation (no costs)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Charitable expenses<\/strong>\u00a0for: <br>&#8211;\u00a0<strong>Seedling<\/strong> cultivation\u00a0(nursery), truck hire &amp; transportation, local labor &amp; food, transaction fees (\u20ac7,529.77)\u00a0<br>&#8211;\u00a0<strong>Jerseys<\/strong>\u00a0and balls for local football teams in Madi Opei and two basketballs for Kitgum youth team (\u20ac775, 00\u20ac)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As in previous years, the seedlings were loaded into Joel&#8217;s nursery, onto the big truck or into the trunk of Jimmy&#8217;s Land Rover, and taken directly to the farmers and their fields.\u00a0<strong>In order to obtain seedlings from our project, it was also a requirement for the farmers<\/strong>\u00a0this year\u00a0to completely prepare the fields on which the seedlings are to be planted, ie to remove weeds, to plow and to dig a hole every 3m.\u00a0We found excellent preparation at almost all of the locations we visited, suggesting that the\u00a0<strong>farmers<\/strong>\u00a0are very motivated to accept our offer of free seedlings for reforestation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In order to work more closely with the community in the Lambo District and to increase awareness of our project and the cooperation with ISCOT in the region, we have also decided, <a href=\"https:\/\/magictotheworld.de\/en\/magic-to-uganda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">similar to our first visit in 2018<\/a>, to provide local football teams\u00a0with\u00a0new\u00a0<strong>jerseys<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0Sports in general and the football teams from each village in general are a welcome change from the tough everyday life of farming families.\u00a0Through our sponsoring we can get a little\u00a0<strong>more visibility and support<\/strong>generate for our project and provide great support to the teams, since the poorest players cannot afford team shirts.\u00a0Florian and Ronny used the opportunity of the league game Padibe United against Paloga Select, after a short speech, to appear in the main draw of the league in Madi Opei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Many thanks to all supporters &#8211; you are magic!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A special thanks to our local partners Jimmy and Joel, without whose partly voluntary work such a project would not be possible.\u00a0Thanks also to the MttW team, Ronny and Florian, for their commitment and time to support this project!\u00a0Our volunteers bear all costs arising from the trip themselves, so that\u00a0<strong>100% of the donations go to the project<\/strong>\u00a0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nngg_shortcode_1_placeholder\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We would like to continue our commitment in Madi Opei, Padibe and the entire Lambo district!\u00a0We are already represented as an active tree planting organization in Uganda on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/translate.google.com\/website?sl=es&amp;tl=de&amp;hl=en&amp;client=webapp&amp;u=https:\/\/www.restor.eco\/map\/site\/uganda-1-4\">restor.eco<\/a>\u00a0website of ETH Zurich, the largest collection of reforestation projects.\u00a0Nevertheless\u00a0<strong>, we still need your support<\/strong>\u00a0to be able to distribute as many seedlings as possible to motivated farmers next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>How you can support our tree planting project in Uganda:<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>By\u00a0<strong>transfer to our donation account<\/strong>\u00a0(Skatbank, no fees):<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Empf\u00e4nger:<\/td><td>Magic to the World e.V.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>IBAN:<\/td><td>DE65 4306 0967 1309 7243 00<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>BIC:<\/td><td>GENODEM1GLS<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Via <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/paypal.me\/mttwev\">Paypal an Magic to the World e.V.<\/a><\/strong> (approx. 2% fee)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Make our\u00a0\u00a0<strong>project\u00a0\u00a0known<\/strong>\u00a0in your company, sports club or circle of friends\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and thus acquire any major donors.\u00a0Feel free to contact\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:magictotheworld@gmail.com?_x_tr_sl=es&amp;_x_tr_tl=de&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapp\"><em>magictotheworld@gmail.com<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>You are welcome to receive a donation receipt\/donation receipt for all donations afterwards or at the end of the year, which you can claim for tax purposes in accordance with Section 50 (1) EStDV!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thank you!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the visible successes of recent years, we continued our tree planting cooperation with ISCOT\u00a0in the Madi Opei region in northern Uganda in spring 2023.\u00a0After more than 100,000 seedlings have been distributed to village communities, farmers and schools in the region in recent years, this year we have\u00a0 distributed\u00a0another 15,000 small trees\u00a0to motivated farmers and <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/magictotheworld.de\/en\/uganda-2023\/\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2101,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2061","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["de","en"],"languages":{"de":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magictotheworld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magictotheworld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magictotheworld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magictotheworld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magictotheworld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2061"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/magictotheworld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2176,"href":"https:\/\/magictotheworld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2061\/revisions\/2176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magictotheworld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magictotheworld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}