Please Help Nurture a Seed: Planting Trees, Bringing Beauty to Ukraine

[ZenKen]

Anna
satlah

[Naiko]

st lah

[Washin]

Hi all,

Our community has now announced the spring 2023 fundraising for a new parcel of trees to be planted along the Black Sea coast of Odesa. Besides the planting, we experience a strong necessity in replacing some of the equipment which is now worn out (watering hoses, pumps, shovels, and so on).
Anyone willing to participate in the donation is welcome. That would be greatly appreciated. Any amount matters.

Thank you.

Gassho
Washin
stlah

[Jundo]

Hi all,

Our community has now announced the spring 2023 fundraising for a new parcel of trees to be planted along the Black Sea coast of Odesa. Besides the planting, we experience a strong necessity in replacing some of the equipment which is now worn out (watering hoses, pumps, shovels, and so on).
Anyone willing to participate in the donation is welcome. That would be greatly appreciated. Any amount matters.

Thank you.

Gassho
Washin
stlah

Is the paypal address and such in the top post in this thread still the best way for people to do that, Washin?

Gassho, Jundo

stlah

[Washin]

Is the paypal address and such in the top post in this thread still the best way for people to do that, Washin?

Gassho, Jundo

stlah

Hi Jundo,
PayPal may not be the best way since we know some people have difficulties with it. We are working on using other methods like "Donate" button on the page or web which would connect directly to the bank. The problem now is that our community is totally volunteer and has not been registered as a charity organization officially yet to use such a way. We are working on this, however.

Gassho
Washin

[Jundo]

Hi Jundo,
PayPal may not be the best way since we know some people have difficulties with it. We are working on using other methods like "Donate" button on the page or web which would connect directly to the bank. The problem now is that our community is totally volunteer and has not been registered as a charity organization officially yet to use such a way. We are working on this, however.

Gassho
Washin

How should they get the money to you then? What do you suggest.

Gassho, Jundo

stlah

[Washin]

How should they get the money to you then? What do you suggest.

Gassho, Jundo

stlah

Those folk who face problems with the current paypal way may just leave it as is
and participate in the future.
I do not think now is the right time to proceed with organization registration
until the war is over. But this is just my view as we work and make decisions
collectively. Keep you posted.

Gassho
Washin

[ZenKen]

For information, the PayPal link at the top worked fine for me in the UK.

Gassho
ZenKen (Anna)
stlah

[John Anders Robinson]

Dear All,

What could be the point of planting trees and flowers, bringing some small life and beauty to Ukraine now when there seem to be so many greater concerns?

Washin expresses it clearly:

"In the time of greatest ugliness it is important to show beauty, to let people see that the ugliness need not win."

Human beings needs food, shelter, safety, but that is not all.

If you would like to help in this project of the heart, Washin's planting group would welcome any donations.

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Hello Fellow Treeleafers,

I had a deep thought about what is happening in my homeland now, about the above words of our teacher Jundo, and what each of us here on the ground can contribute to achieving peace. Hence this post.

I am writing to let you know about the present situation with our local tree-planting project along the Black Sea coast of my city [Odessa] and of which some of you might be aware.

For the past 6 years or so since the project was established, our group of volunteers has mostly been spending personal savings to get what's needed. We purchased seedlings and small trees as well as some equipment for planting and watering by ourselves. Sometimes we received help from local businessmen, the Maecenas as well as the city bodies. That was a good support to keep our project running too.

For this particular spring season, in spite of such difficult times, we have a plan to plant about 50 new trees which is partially in replacement to those we lost in the act of nature last year, but mainly in accordance to our yearly programme.

A fair part of our group members is currently facing financial issues connected to their workplace. Some places are still closed, the others are being reopened though very slowly restarting to function. Also, we understood from those sources which participated before that they are now very active in supporting the army so they can't help us for the time being until peace in the country prevails.

In view of this, I'd like to request for the community's support of those who might be willing to participate. Any little help will be highly valued and greatly appreciated.

For more information about our "Green Coast" project and community you may visit the following page:

https://www.facebook.com/Green.B.Fontane

Details for the P2P PayPal transactions:

email: Brokart.natali@gmail.com
Name: Nataliia Khrischenuk (our project manager)

Note that all transactions to Ukraine are commission free till 30 June 2022.

Thanking you in advance.

Gassho and Bows,

Washin
StLah

[John Anders Robinson]

Hello Washin,
Thank you for all the hard work that is good for climate change too.
John

[Washin]

Thank you everyone for your kindness and support.

Gassho
Washin
stlah