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On January 3, 2008, a doctor and his two sons, the son of a farmer, a mortgage broker, a 72-year-old missionary worker, and a recent college graduate arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria. This unlikely group was united by a single vision. Their mission: plant 140 Moringa tree saplings, a tree renowned for its nutritional properties. Their time frame: two weeks. They would find their original intentions thwarted almost immediately upon arrival.

They were picked up from the airport in the middle of the night. Regarding road safety, Lyne Lewis, owner and mortgage broker at Online Mortgage, estimated, “The average age of a car there is probably from the mid-1980s. Safety – one headlight if you’re lucky. Taillights, blinkers,” she slowly shook her head in negation, “you know, something that we take for granted. There were many times we were driving in cars where the windshields were cracked. The doors – once you were in, you were in. They were held together with chicken wire!”

Despite rough roads and the chicken wire, Team Moringa Tree made it to the convent all in one piece. After a tranquil night of rest, Team Moringa Tree toured the parishes in the Minna diocese to determine at which parish it seemed best to plant the saplings.

At the Bishop’s compound in Minna, their last stop of the day, Jean Colarusso and the other members, having traveled 7,779 miles to Nigeria, found the saplings were dying. Essentially, they had 140 dried-up sticks stuck in holes in the ground. So much for Plan Moringa Tree.

Plan B: improvise.