Finally, she called a meeting with her committee, and after about half an hour, she made the announcement that the women's group would open a bank account in the nearest city and would use the profits to expand their nursery the following year. We had been talking and laughing for a couple of hours, and they asked me if I wanted to go meet their parents. That was an incredible day. I wire funds each month directly to Guatemala. Groups can contact the above address if interested.
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The reason AIR's approach works so well is because, as I've said, the villagers work with the tree nurseries from the beginning. They're invested in the success. It's not like a big organization coming in and planting millions of trees that aren't tended to and the majority die. We plant fewer trees, but have very high survival rates. Well, I'm absolutely committed to AIR for the long term.