Olive Tree Planting Palestine
20 pays for five three year old olive tree saplings.
Olive tree planting palestine. Olives are mentioned seven times in the quran and the prophet pbuh instructed us to use olive oil on our hair and skin. The other days we will discover palestine through excursions and meetings with palestinian human rights organizations. Since the trees you donate will provide olives for years to come this project is a sadaqah jariyah providing endless blessings even after you are gone. Olive trees account for 70 of fruit production in palestine and contribute around 14 to the palestinian economy.
The trees will be equally shared between gaza and jerusalem benefiting thousands across the region. To be there offers a program to visit palestine and volunteer with palestinian farmers on the land during the rainy season the best time to plant trees. A people ready to die with dignity like the olive tree rather than live in humiliation. The jai atg olive planting program part of the jai olive tree campaign lasts for 10 days in february each year where people of any age and background from all over the world can join.
Zaytoun supports an olive tree planting project which is run by the palestine fair trade association pfta which are based in jenin. 93 of the olive harvest is used for olive oil production while the rest is used for olive soap table olives and pickles. Wasan abu baker is an american activist with a palestinian origin. This ramadan plant a blessed fruit in the holy land of palestine.
In 2014 an estimated 108 000 tonnes of olives were pressed producing 24 700 tonnes of olive oil which contributed us 10 9 million in added value to the crop. Participants are given the opportunity to listen to palestinian farmers stories of how their properties are threatened by settlers the apartheid wall bypass roads or israeli settlement expansions. Around 100 000 households rely on olives. We will be planting olive trees during the three days of the program.
Olive trees are a major agricultural crop in the palestinian territories where they are mostly grown for olive oil production. It has been estimated that olive production accounted for 57 of cultivated land in the palestinian territories with 7 8 million fruit bearing olive trees in 2011. Olive trees are crucial in helping to sustain the palestinian people. We are happy to announce that the planting of these trees will commence on monday 7 11 2016 and we would like to thank each and every person who has donated to this great cause.
Bank and gaza is planted with olive trees. With your help human appeal has planted over 50 000 olive trees in palestine providing a source of income food and medicine to thousands of farmers and their families. Rebuilding and replanting are acts of daily resistance in palestine. Through our great charity gifts programme you our generous donors have gifted 30 000 olive trees to palestine.
The pfta supplies zaytoun with fairly traded olive oil za atar maftoul freekeh and almonds.