Since 2008, Captivating has started sapling projects in three villages of Sichuan and Gansu province.Recent inspection of our second village – Qingchuan County, Sichuan – showed better than expected results. We are excited about this wonderful progress. In this village, 107 families received a total of 13,000 high quality grafted walnut trees planted in March 2009. Results show that more than 85% of the trees have survived their first winter (a high-risk period for new saplings – we budget on 70% surviving). These young trees are growing well and are expected to yield their first marketable fruit on-schedule in 2015.
Most of the families in this village lost their homes during the May 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Since then, their homes have been rebuilt thanks to a partnership between the Chinese Government and World Vision International. Captivating’s role is to help these families create sustainable farm-generated income that will help end poverty for them and their reliance on working as migrants in city locations – a decision that separates family units. At this current moment, more than 90% of the village families rely on income from a father or mother (or both) who move to the cities in search of work. Most of the children are living with grandparents or single parents.
Thank you for all of your generous support of this project.
(Pictured: Two of the children now living with hope of a better tomorrow; The village leader standing next to a Captivating Sapling on track for maturation in 2015).
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