It started with a question we kept hearing in the societies of Gaur City: "We want to do something for the environment — but what difference can one person make?"
Our answer became a campaign: Ek Paudha, Aapke Naam — One Sapling, In Your Name. You give a few minutes on a Sunday morning; Pahal brings the sapling, the tools and the promise to care for it. The tree that grows carries your name with it.
The first drive filled a single society garden. Then residents from neighbouring towers asked for their own. Schools joined with their students. The local police joined us for plantation mornings — you can see them in our gallery, sleeves rolled up beside the children. Drive by drive, the count crossed 5,100 saplings across Gautam Buddha Nagar.
Anyone can put a plant in the ground for a photograph. The hard part is the two summers after: watering, guards against stray cattle, replacing the ones that don't survive. Our volunteers adopt every batch — that follow-up is why our survival rate stays high, and why societies keep inviting us back.
We've now pledged to take the count to 11,000 trees. Every ₹50 plants and protects one sapling. Join the next drive, or plant one in the name of someone you love — from wherever you are.
Want a drive in your society? Write to us from the contact page — we bring everything except the enthusiasm; that part is yours.
From Makar Sankranti khichdi to relief rations during the Yamuna floods — feeding people is the fastest way to understand what a community truly needs.
When the temperature drops below 5°C, our volunteers head out after midnight — because that is when you find the people the city forgets.
