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| Rashil helps some of the girls planting |
One of our Nepali friends we have made along our way is Rashil. Rashil is a cool, laid back musician who, in his free time plants trees to help improve the environment of Banepa. He has been doing this for the last 4 years and began doing it of his own initiative. Today we helped Rashil and his friends plant 50 trees at the campus of Baylor International Academy, one of the largest schools in Banepa. We were helped by some of the senior students who really enjoyed the experience and were keen to help the environment of their town. Nepal is facing a serious problem of deforestation as many people still use wood for cooking and heating. We hope that with this kind of encouragement the kids will begin to reverse this trend.
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| Digging was hard work in the heat and humidity |
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| Some of the kids getting a lesson on the basics of tree planting |
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| Posing for the camera |
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| Proud kids |
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| Enjoying planting |
Very cool - were they native trees to the area? From Fern
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