 Sato's first working village prototype is Hargigo, on whose nearby coastline construction of the forests provides jobs for both men and women, the latter of which was unheard of in the local area prior to the project.The population of Hargigo was essentially devastated at one time during the Eritrean War of Independence.Sato and the villagers planted a "Mangrove Memorial Garden" with the objective of one mangrove tree dedicated to every villager killed in the 1975 massacre.