Olive Tree Planting Charity

Despite this olive trees can grow in most mildly warm climates as long as the winter temps don t drop below freezing.

Olive tree planting charity. Symbols of palestine olive trees can last for around 1 000 years and are a primary source of income for around 80 000 palestinian families. Just 20 will buy two olive trees which may continue to grow for over 1 000 years benefiting a farming family for generations to come. Anas bin malik uk islamic mission s olive tree planting project in gaza has helped and continues to help hundreds of farmers with thousands of tree plantings. By the fig and the olive and by mount sinai and by this city of security makkah.

For most olive trees conjure up ideas of vast fields in the mediterranean coupled with a blistering sun to help ripen the fruit. The islamic gift of olive trees will provide struggling families with a livelihood and benefit. Quran 95 1 4 give 20 and provide a palestinian family with two young olive trees ensuring they reap the fruit of the olive for years to come. Do not however confuse the olive for a desert plant.

The pfta supplies zaytoun with fairly traded olive oil za atar maftoul freekeh and almonds. Plant an olive tree in palestine. Verily we have certainly created man in the best of stature. Kimberly lowe hall is the founder and president of the olive tree foundation for girls.

Give an olive tree to a palestinian family for just 10. She earned her bachelor s degree from columbia university and her juris doctorate from the fordham university school of law. Thanks to your great charity gifts ziad received a special delivery of 180 olive tree saplings from the muslim hands palestine team. The muslim hands donors have placed their healing hands on a wound i thought would never heal.

Growing an olive tree from seed is great for ornamental purposes. For 10 you can plant an olive tree in gaza palestine. But unfortunately the progressing conflict and illegal settlement in the region have led to the uprooting of 2 5 million trees since 1967 one. Olive trees are a great form of sadaqah jariyah or ongoing charity.

There is no muslim who plants a tree or sows seeds and then a bird or a person or an animal eats from it except that it is charity for him. Since his land was destroyed ziad ayyad father of nine had been struggling to support his family. 20 pays for five three year old olive tree saplings. It needs regular watering to thrive.

For six years she attended the columbus school for girls on full scholarship and she graduated from csg in 1991. You ll be giving a regular crop and a reliable income as well as planting the seeds of hope for years to come. Zaytoun supports an olive tree planting project which is run by the palestine fair trade association pfta which are based in jenin.