My name is Sindre Roalkvam, I am from Norway, and I took part in a fundraising campaign to plant Olive trees in Palestine. Around 200 people took part in the fundraising campaign and it has become an annual event which Norwegians will take part in every year. My experience with helping out with the fundraising has been very positive. People are very happy to help support and gather money for sponsoring olive trees, even when they do not understand the situation, they believe that planting olive trees can only be a good thing and are very willing to support it.

I personally know a lot about the situation in Palestine, about the occupation and its affects on Palestinians. This is why I wanted to take part in this fundraising. And I was also privileged enough to be able to go to Palestine myself and plant some of the trees we sponsored. My role in our campaign was to interview experts and Palestinians so that others could get a better understanding and be willing to donate more money to the campaign.