This weekend, like most, people came to take home trees but today they helped thank a couple of our sponsors.
It takes many contributors to grow a tree. Every tree needs months of care in the nursery, before being transported and transplanted. Once these saplings are in the ground, a smallholder farmer must water and protect them from grazing animals for at least 12 months. By the time the tree is a year old, approximately $2 is invested by donors and community members to keep it alive.
