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Kate Jeans-Gail Memorial Fruit Tree Nursery

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The HAF Board decided on the nursery project because rural villages consistently identify fruit tree planting as a top priority during community meetings. This nursery will serve the Rural Commune of Toubkal, located on the south side of the High Atlas Mountains. The nursery will benefit 45 villages, including 10,000 people. As a group, the community identified the most viable land to construct the nursery and decided how it will be maintained. The trees they seek to plant are apple, cherry, peach, pear, plum, and walnut. The villagers will plant and maintain the trees, and they will be the sole beneficiaries of the income that is generated.

Our goal for the Kate Jeans-Gail Memorial is to raise $25,000 to fund the development of a fruit tree nursery that the High Atlas communities will design and build. The nursery will include 100,000 saplings, and in two years time will meet the fruit tree needs of the entire commune. Six years after they are planted, the proceeds from selling the fruit produced will nearly double the income of every family in the region.

The High Atlas Foundation is an all-volunteer organization with almost no overhead. For this special fund, 100 percent of donations will go directly to the fruit tree nursery.

DONOR LIST

Below is list of generous donors to the Kate Jeans-Gail Memorial Fruit Tree Nursery (as of 10/07/06). We are deeply grateful to everyone who has chosen to honor Kate in this way. Thank you!