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their honour, we can grow.
The
Sean's Smile project has again teamed up with the amazing people
at Afghans 4 Tomorrow to bring some much needed love to the once
beautiful country of Afghanistan.
Afghans4Tomorrow
(A4T), is a non-profit
501(C)(3), non-political, humanitarian organization dedicated
to the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan. A4T has
volunteer members across the United States and in Afghanistan.
Their focus is on sustainable Education, Agriculture and Health
projects.
One of the initiatives of Afghans4Tomorrow and the First
Presbyterian Church of San Anselmo is the Bare Root Trees Project.
The purpose of this project is to plant trees in rural and urban
Afghanistan. Trees are planted with the participation of local
community members. This promotes a positive step in establishing
relationships between the people of North America and Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is a beautiful country that has seen many of its orchards
and forests destroyed by the ravages of war. Many of the trees
that lined Kabul streets and grew in urban open space and parks
were cut down in the civil war after the Soviet armies left Kabul
so that there would be less tree cover to hide opposing fighters.
Many other trees were cut down by urban poor desperate for firewood.
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Last
year, Sean's Smile raised enough money to plant 350 trees.
Thanks to these donations a grove of trees now stand tall
in the Pacha Khan Community Park in Sapper Sean David Greenfield's
memory, in the village of Shah rake Aliceghan, Shomali Valley.
This holiday season we would like to plant tree's to honour
all Canadian soldiers that have lost their lives, while
trying to repair a country in such desperate need. Please
visit http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/news-nouvelles/fallen-disparus/index-eng.asp,
for a list of their names and photos. Their memories will
always live on in our hearts and in our minds. Theses trees
will grow, stand strong and be representative of their journey
and selflessness to making this world a better place. Please
join Sean's Smile on this new journey.
To
learn more about Afghans4Tomorrow and the Bare Roots Tree
Project please follow the following links:
http://www.afghans4tomorrow.org/default.asp?contentID=66
http://www.togetherweserve.org/index.htm
http://www.togetherweserve.org/BareRoots.htm
The cost per
tree is $3.00. An additional $2.00 will pay for the transportation
and lunch for the villagers helping to plant the trees.
A tree can be purchased through the link or address below.
When making a donation, please write ‘In honour of...'
in the box entitled 'Add Special Instructions to the Seller’.
Or if making a donation by check, please note in the memo:
'donation in honour of...'. Afghans4Tomorrow will keep track
of how many trees have been donated to be planted I will
update the website at a later date.
If you have
any questions please contact Kailey at kailey.magder@gmail.com
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To purchase a tree please click the below 'Donate' link
or
send a cheque to.... Afghans4Tomorrow
P.O. Box 22
Larkspur, CA 94977-0022
Please
make your check payable to:
Afghans4Tomorrow
A receipt will be mailed to you with the A4T Tax ID#.
Afghan Professionals for the Reconstruction and Development
of Afghanistan, is operating as Afghans4Tomorrow (A4T),
a registered 501(C)(3) non-profit organization.
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