Silva Tree

Silva Tree finalise plans to help community and local area

Updated on Wednesday 20th of January 2010

Ann Putty

Silva Tree is pleased to announce that we have agreed upon a strategy of activities designed to help the community and local area within the district of Chepo in Panama.

The road is to be improved from the local village, right up to the project area, with several other villages and farms to be affected.

Currently it takes well over 20 minutes to travel from the village of Tres Quebradas to the project area. In heavy rain it can take substantially longer, if access is possible at all, due to the poor road condition.

During the long Panamanian wet season there can be flooding as well as landslides and to make matters worse the bridges are badly damaged, effectively leaving communities stranded and cut off from everything including sources of food and fresh water.

The infrastructure improvement priorities will be to improve the road and rebuild 7-8 of the bridges in the short-term. In addition, several wells will be dug by Silva Tree, in conjunction with governmental authorities and with permission from the ministry of health.

With “El Niño” (the local word for the drought phenomenon) facing the community in the coming weeks, providing clean drinking water to communities is essential and this is a top priority for Silva Tree. The wells will also serve for the irrigation of the Princess Project plantation.

The Silva Tree team are extremely proud and excited about this part of the project, as these improvements are essential to the community and will markedly improve the quality of life for the local inhabitants, as well as providing essential facilities for the projects themselves.

The long-term infrastructural improvement are currently in discussion and will be announced in due course.

Source: Silva Tree