Proof that if you wait 27 years to follow up on a donation, you might get an entire forest.
Teacher donated $5000 to plant trees in China. 27 years later, he’s moved to tears by the results.
In 1999, American teacher Ronald Sakolsky raised $5,000 to support Yin Yuzhen’s desert reforestation project in northern China. The two lost contact, but Yuzhen continued her work. Decades later, she tracked down Sakolsky to reveal she had successfully grown 50,000 trees, finally reuniting with him in China.
Source: Teacher donated $5000 to plant trees in China. 27 years later, he’s moved to tears by the results. — Upworthy
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