By Josie Shields-Stromsness | Program Director
Your donations for planting trees were used in the spring as part of the "Here We Remain" campaign to support Palestinian farmers whose land is at risk. Over the course of two months, thirteen thousand trees were planted in various areas of Palestine with focus on the Jordan Valley with support from you and other solidarity activists and organizations.
As Stop the Wall, our partners in the tree planting explains: "One of the few means available for Palestinians to make confiscation of their land more difficult is to ensure any possible stretch of land is cultivated and planted. Any lands that are used as grazing lands or are left in their natural state are almost inevitably claimed by Israel."
Omar, one of the volunteers, says "these voluntary days of tree planting are a symbol for a much wider effort in which we need to unite as a people to work together."
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