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A Tree of Hope In Palestine 11/10/2009 |
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| In this issue: | What is the Trees for Life Campaign in Palestine? | A Personal Story of Struggle
What Can You Do to Help?
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 What is Trees for Life?
The Numbers: In 2008 alone, Olde City Imports and other businesses and non-profits around the globe selling Palestinian Fair Trade products raised the following through business/customer donation:
$55,930 USD
(10/22/2009 Exchange Rates)
This translates into a total planting of 14,419 trees in 348 farms in Palestine in 2009.
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A Story of Personal Struggle to Success: Awad Mohammed Milhem and Qadriya Fayez Issa. Awad is a 47 years old farmer member of the ‘Anin cooperative in Jenin area. Awad is head of house hold for a family of 11 member. In 2004 Awad lost a total of 20 Dunams (1 Dunam = ~0.25 Acres) of olive trees to the Israeli fence of a nearby settlement. 5 Dunams of his olive grove were destroyed by putting up the fence and 15 Dunams fell behind the fence leaving him with rare and irregular access to his orchard. Qadriya , Awad’s wife received a 15 Dunoms of semi rocky land passed down to her from her fathers’ inheritance. Awad and Qadriay prepared Qadriya’s land for a new olive orchard and received 200 olive seedlings from PFTA’s Trees for Life program. |
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What you can do:We currently donate $1 to the Canaan Scholarship Fund, and another $1 to the Trees For Life Campaign in Palestine for every tin sold. In addition, a percentage of all other sales also contributes to these two programs, as well as the Micro-Loan program to empower women. This is in addition to the fair trade premiums we pay for Palestinian Fair Trade products, as part of a broader effort to sustain the livelihoods of Palestinian farmers and the hope their success will bring future generations.
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Olde City Imports LLC, PO BOX 153, Randolph, MA 02368
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