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Yes wykoon I knew about it! Here's some additional info about it: ⤵️

The people of Piplantri village had a 'orthodox thinking' that if a girl child is born people would say,"Arey mera bhaag phutgaya”, or “Oh! misfortune has struck me”. The birth of a girl was considered not a moment of joy but one of misery, misfortune and punishment bestowed upon a family for bad ‘karma’.

Fortunately, that trend has changed, and so has the area surrounding the village. Visibly greener, the village celebrates the birth of each girl as an event equivalent to goddess Lakshmi (the Hindu goddess of wealth) visiting their home to bless them. The initiative was taken by the Head of the village, who lost his own daughter due to dehydration and brought the change. He channeled his grief into planting trees in her memory and nurturing them.

As the village head, he started a campaign to plant 111 trees for the birth of every girl child in his village. He explains that 111 is considered not just an auspicious number, but 1+1+1 represents the coming together of three main stakeholders of this initiative - the girl child, her mother and her father. For every girl born, the community collects 21,000 Indian Rupees or USD 294 through donations and 10,000 Indian Rupees or USD 140 from the parents, which is then put aside as an investment for when she becomes an adult. The parents also pledge to provide her with an education and nurture the trees planted in her name.

This, in-turn helps the environment to be more greener too!

Agreed with you @wykoon 🤗

That's quite hard to believe that a cock had lived 18 months after he was beheaded! 😮

Btw..have you ever tried this?!⤴️😅