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Jadav Payeng (b.19 6 3)
Farmer
Over nearly 40 years, a farmer
from a marginalised tribal
community in Assam state in
northeastern India single-handedly
planted and tended trees on a
sandbar on Brahmaputra river,
turning it into a forest comprising
several thousand trees and many
animal species, including the Bengal
tiger and Indian rhinoceros.SOURCE © SHUTTERSTOCKWe salute the people who strive to
make the world a better place to live inPhilanthropic Champions
“I see God in nature.
Nature is God. It gives
me inspiration. It gives
me power. As long as it
survives, I survive.”- Jadav Payeng
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