Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world and rural villagers depend on their natural environment for food and housing. Chopping down trees can unintentionally destroy the habitat they depend upon to live.

Working with the communities in the Kinja Valley, where JT has rebuilt several schools, a further 4,000 fruit trees have just been delivered and planted, despite setbacks due to covid travel restrictions. This has been made possible thanks to your donations, the help of Juniper Trust volunteers and local communities supporting the project. We have now planted 6,000 since the autumn of 2020, a mixture of Walnut, Pecan, Peach, Plum, Sichuan Pepper, Mandarin and Lapsi. They will generate fruit income for the villagers for up to 10 years as they grow.

A further 4000 saplings were purchased in Kathmandu in the spring and these will be ready to deliver and plant in October/November 2021 to reach our target of 10,000 trees.

With a total budget of $10,000 for 10,000 trees, the cost is just $1 per tree, planted. 80% will cover purchase costs and transportation to the planting sites, 20% will pay for local labour from the communities they will help.

We are still fundraising for the last batch so please support this great cause if you can.

The Juniper Trust is run 100% by Volunteers.