FONSA - Trees project

10,000 trees for Nablus

Young Palestinian planting a FONSA olive tree
See more photos of our tree plantings

The people of villages around Nablus stand to lose their lands if they are not farmed. FONSA is part of a project which is planting 10,000 trees in villages around Nablus in the Palestinian West Bank

The trees are planted in vulnerable areas where they are much needed by the villagers who warmly appreciate this help. Many of their existing trees and crops have been wilfully destroyed. Land is being taken for settlements roads, separation barrier and military zones. Olive and fruit trees are the traditional livelihood of this area.

Many families rely heavily on the harvest of olives and fruit but lack the money to increase their yield. Planting your new trees will provide them with a long-term livelihood and demonstrate support for their futures.

Donating Trees

To buy the trees and plant them costs:

for each Olive Tree £4
for each Fruit Tree £2

You can help by donating olive trees and/or fruit trees.

Either fill in this form and send it to us with a cheque
Or donate on-line.
Please use the message box to tell us your donation is for trees and which type (olive and/or fruit).

Any questions please email us at: info@fonsa.org.uk.

Trees as a gift

Fruit tree gift certificate

Olive tree gift certificate

You can donate a gift of trees for a friend or relative. We send you an attractive gift certificate (£1 each) which you can give them. It explains the project and why it is important for Palestine. Details are on our Gifts page.

Progress so far

Thanks to so many generous donations we have completed a first planting in all of our initial target villages and have included others (shown on the map in blue). These are: Yanoun, Khirbet Tana, Khirbet Twayel, Burin, Qusin, Deir Sharaf, Smeet, Deir El Hatab, Azmout, Burqa, Assira Al Qbliya and Madama.

Olive Trees	3,422	planted
Fruit Trees	410	planted
Total	3,832	planted

We have now planted in a second batch of villages (shown on the map in green): Iraq Burin, Awarta, Urif, Yatma.
And we will plant in these villages during the next planting season as donations come in: Dahya, As Sawiya, and Al Lubban.

Map showing villages where trees have been planted

The blue circles show villages where FONSA has already planted trees.
The green circles show villages where trees are planned.

For a good understanding of the impact of settlements on this area, a highly informative map is produced by the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs. It shows the location of settlements and their size. You can then see how they encompass large areas of Palestinian land within the occupied Palestinian territories.

Friends of Nablus and Surrounding Areas (known as FONSA) is a registered Scottish charity No. SC038502