NEWS

Update #16: Dorjan Bulku leaving Trees for Lurë / July 10, 2023

Dorjan Bulku, co-founder of Trees for Lurë, has decided to move on from the project. The whole team would like to thank Dorjan for his crucial role in taking Trees for Lurë where it is today!

Dorjan has been pivotal in creating Trees for Lurë, co-founding the project with Pavel in 2019. He helped us navigate the complex process of obtaining planting permits and establishing the Trees for Lurë legal entity as an Albanian NGO.

His incredible knowledge of Albania, vast network, and fundraising helped the project immensely and made it possible to plant our first 2712 trees in 2021. Dorjan’s contribution to networking allowed the project to reach the milestone of 10 000 trees planted in Lurë in 2022.

We thank Dorjan for his hard work and wish him the best of luck and success with his new projects.

Anisa, Ersan, Genta, Gerta, Gojart, Joreld, Mirjana & Pavel

Archive

Update #21: 2024 Monitoring report / October 4, 2024

Year 2024 was incredibly hot and dry, which had negative impact on the survival rate, we have 56.4% for the 2023 area, we are making changes for the 2024 season!

Update #20: Researcher from UK & week of meetings / July 7, 2024

Week of meetings with institutions and NGOs with researcher Stephen Haywood from the UK

Update #19: Overview of the 2023 / January 28, 2024

Overview and Brochure of our work in 2023, what a busy year it was!

Update #18: 10,081 planted in Autumn 2023 / December 15, 2023

We planted another 10,081 trees in 2023 bringing total number up to 22,793!

Update #17: Organising school events in 2023 / December 7, 2023

Organising school events in 2023

Update #16: Dorjan Bulku leaving Trees for Lurë / July 10, 2023

Dorjan Bulku decided to leave the project and focus on new exciting opportunities.

Update #15: Preparing seeds of Pinus nigra, Pinus peuce and Abies alba for planting / April 11, 2023

Seeds to grow 11 000 seedlings in our nursery are being prepared.

Update #14: Planting 10 000 trees!!! / October 17, 2022

10 000 trees! That’s pushing our effort to the next level!

Update #13: 78% survival rate in the 1st year / September 13, 2022

78% survival rate, issues we enountered and lessons learned.

Update #12: Partnerships, Tree Nursery & Spring planting / May 25, 2022

Partnerships, Tree Nursery & Spring planting

Update #11: Finance 2019–2021 / January 27, 2022

How did we use donations in years 2019–2021?

Update #10 / October 25, 2021

Choosing the right planting material and supplier.

Update #9 / October 1, 2021

We dug 2550 holes! AdZM project changes, local community support and new ways to donate.

Update #8 / September 21, 2021

Green light for 2500 trees, new species, new area and seeds!

Update #7 / July 20, 2021

Snow in late May, paperwork and plans for the Autumn 2021.

Update #6 / May 20, 2021

We are back! The 1st event of 2021 takes place 28th-30th May, we are planting 2 500 trees in Lurë!

Update #5 / April 21, 2020

First, there was an earthquake, and now we have COVID-19 global pandemic

Update #4 / December 16, 2019

Earthquake, why we planted 51 trees and What’s next?

Update #3 / November 26, 2019

Earthquake, 2019 canceled, earthquake relief volunteering

Update #2 / November 24, 2019

More volunteers and donors, getting ready for next week, Help the Child! update and TV, Radio, Czech Embassy.

Update #1 / November 15, 2019

Welcome Scout Tirana 1, Make child happy!, new team members, stickers and exciting partners.