Sakthi Small Group joined TIST in June 2003 with four male and four female members. Since then they have planted 1,051 trees in their two to three acres of land. These include 340 neem, 531 teak and 37 drumstick trees. Other species include sapota, pala, mango and guava. Shakthi Small Group’s last quarterly payment for planting and maintaining their trees amounted to for Rs.1,682/-, that is about $40. The group invested all of this money in erecting fences to protect their tree groves from cattle, overhauling their bore-hole well motor and improving the soil quality.
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