An Arab-American audience in the US city of Seattle has responded with much interest to a briefing on APN’s Million Tree Campaign in Palestine.APN volunteer Farah Kaddoura took part in the regular meeting of the Food Justice Group in the American city on April 21st, 2015.

She apprized the audience on APN work and activities including its campaign to plant trees in Palestine to support farmers on their lands and foster food security.

Kaddoura was also invited to deliver a lecture on the tree planting campaign at Sammamish Mosque in the city.  During the lecture, a short documentary film was presented on violations of the Israeli occupation authorities targeting Palestinian natural resources and the systematic assaults launched against Palestinian agricultural lands which include destroying, uprooting and burning their trees. A tree planting operation, part of the Million Tree Campaign was also shown in a film to the audience.