Pennsylvania teacher’s $5,000 donation helps turn China’s Maowusu desert into a forest of 50,000 trees
Source: Times of India
Category: General
Region: China
Published: September 27, 2026 at 14:55
📝 Summary
Pennsylvania teacher Ronald Sakolsky reunited with Chinese farmer Yin Yuzhen 26 years after donating $5,000 to support her tree-planting efforts in Inner Mongolia. His contribution helped Yin expand her work in the Maowusu Desert, which has since become a forest of around 50,000 trees, turning their friendship into an enduring environmental story.