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=**Our** **Mission****:**=

Our mission is to control the spreading of deserts in China.
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**Goals:**

 * Plant trees around the outskirts of the Gobi Desert to control the expansion of the desert and to farmland.
 * We want to train and assist local citizens who have already been affected by desertification.
 * To offer jobs to people whose livelihoods have been affected by loss of farms, livestock, and other agribusiness jobs.
 * To train farmers to use proper grazing techniques so they will be able to farm correctly on their own.

**Who we are:**
//Make// //Gobi// //Green// is a group of concerned citizens from countries all around the world. Our staff and volunteers consist of experts on this area of concern and are dedicated to put //Make Gobi Green// into action.

**Three year Plan:**
Year 1:
 * Hire staff
 * Talk to companies and discuss options regarding sponsorship
 * Travel to Inner Mongolia and talk to local citizens
 * Begin plans for future fund raisers
 * Hold small tree planting classes for local citizens
 * Spread word about our NGO and its purpose

Year 2:
 * Start fund raisers in order to raise money for tree planting
 * Make agreements with farmers on tending to the planted trees
 * Start tree planting;;about 200 trees at the end of this year
 * Begin training farmers with hired staff

Year 3:
 * Continue fund raisers
 * Continue tree planting;;about 300 trees planted this year
 * Complete training of farmers and start training new farmers
 * Ask that trained farmers help others