Man of the Trees (The)

Daniel Balima is a senior horticulturist from Tenkodogo, a small Sub-Saharan African town in Burkina Faso, where he lives with his large family and has worked since he was born 67 years ago. Daniel as a child falls ill with polio and, although growing without the use of his legs, he is able to follow his father in the family nursery, walking on his hands. In over fifty years of activity he has given life to more than a million trees and this is what is most important for Daniel because, as he tells us, his country, because of the drought, needs many trees and does not stop, on the contrary.... he dreams of planting another million.

Daniel Balima è un anziano orticoltore di Tenkodogo, una piccola città dell’Africa subsahariana nel Burkina Faso. Daniel da bambino si ammala di poliomielite. Ogni giorno va in giardino a lavorare, nonostante le varie difficoltà che incontra. In oltre cinquant’anni di attività ha dato vita a oltre un milione di alberi e sogna di piantarne un altro milione.

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