Milestones & Next Steps

1997

• Anglican Diocese of Mpwapwa, Tanzania requests assistance developing small group discipleship program (November)

1998

• DMP Small Group Basic Course in 3 Deaneries1 (June)

1999

• DMP Small Group Advanced Course; Basic Course in 4 Deaneries (July)

• Solicitation of corporations for interest in GHG projects in Tanzania (Aug-Dec)

• TIST Pilot Project development meeting, Phase I launched (December)

• CAAC funds 1999 Planting Loan Program (December)

2000

• Training of trainers on conservation farming, small groups, agroforestry

• First quarterly TIST Project Board Meeting (May)

• DMP Small Group "Refresher" Course (August)

• Sustainable development/conservation farming training (August)

• TIST Project Board Meeting (August)

• Pilot Test Phase I Complete, Phase II launched

• Dow commits to support CAAC/TIST (September)

• Dow Foundation awards grant to support the I4EI/TIST (December)

• 2000 Planting Loan distributed (December)

2001

• TIST Ltd. formed (March)

• 2000 Planting Loan Repayment (July)

• Initial action plan for 1st TIST replication (August)

• Sustainable development and conservation farming training (October)

• Small group training (October)

• 2001 Planting Loan Program Distribution (November)

2002

• 2001 Planting Loan Program Repayment (June)

• 2002 Harvest Loan Distribution (July)

• Target: Phase 2 completion and 1.5 million trees planted (September)

• 2002 Harvest Loan Repayment (September)

• Phase II Complete (September)