HOW TO PLANT A TREE ( FOR SOMEONE YOU LOVE)



sometime ago, reforestIndia got a call from a few folks at enableIndia- an organization that trains the visually impaired to be "job ready". a group of 5 visually impaired people wished to volunteer to plant trees.
"how many trees do you wish to plant?" we asked.
(usually, the average response is 1 tree, 2 trees or maybe even 7 to 10 trees. no more.)
but these people had a greater vision.
"we want to plant 500 trees" they said.
"fine. would you like to start with 50 trees?"
ok.
ok.
before this call happened, we'd been getting many requests from tree lovers asking us to make an instructional/demo video on "how to plant a tree ".
this seemed like a good time for the film to be made.
so, without knowing what to expect, i ended up at the planting site with a camera.
the volunteers, strutted in with their foldable cane.
but they proceeded to roll up their sleeves and do everything that any other tree planting volunteer has done.
they unloaded the saplings from the van, and passed it on, person to person, hand to hand, to be planted into the pits. they then planted the trees, and even took pics!!!
one of the volunteers, also volunteered, to make this demo video.
hope it inspires you as much as it has inspired me.