Hindu charity raises $100,000 to plant a billion trees by 2025

September 13, 2016 09:49

A Hindu charitable organisation in the US has raised USD 100,000 for the plantation of a billion trees by 2025.

Raised through BAPS Charities Walk Green in more than 50 cities in the US, BAPS Charities presented the money to The Nature Conservancy in New Jersey.

USD 100,000 would help plant 70,000 trees in 2016, a Bochasanvasi Akshar Purushottam Sansthan media release said.

In all some 17,000 BAPS volunteers made donations for the event.

"It means a lot to us that your support is made possible by the thousands of BAPS Charities volunteers who believe, like we do, that a healthy planet is critical to building healthy communities where both nature and people can thrive," said Mark Tercek, president and CEO of TNC.

Image alongside shows the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Chino Hills, California.

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