Vriksh Mitra–Gram Mitra Abhiyan 2026, Mathura

The 2026 drive is the fifteenth year of the Vriksh Mitra–Gram Mitra Abhiyan, and it has returned to Mathura district, where the campaign has worked almost every year since 2018. Months before the first camp, volunteers went village to village to survey where trees could be planted, how many each family could take, which species suit the soil and who would look after them.

The packet

Every registered farmer receives ten saplings: two each of jamun, pomegranate, lemon, guava and mulberry. Farmers enter on the registration card issued during the survey; those who could not reach the programme collect their packets afterwards on the same card. Each host school or temple is given a packet for its own campus.

Camps so far

• 12 July (first camp): Bauhre Khacher Singh Senior Secondary School, Bandi, block Baldev — 388 farmers.
• 19 July (second): Shri Mohan Singh Marriage Home, Valtikari, Jugsana, block Baldev — 394 farmers.
• 24 July (third): Chhaunkar Inter College, Nagla Kharga, block Baldev — 358 farmers from 23 villages.
• 31 July (fourth): Madhukar Sabhagar, Deendayal Dham, Nagla Chandrabhan — 382 farmers from 20 villages.
• 8 August (fifth camp): Shri Krishna Inter College, Kirarai, Shahzadpur Gujar (Ol) — 378 farmers from 25 villages.
• 16 August (sixth): Shri Bacharam Babulal Memorial Inter College, Akos, block Baldev — 398 farmers from 19 villages.
• 20 August (seventh): Bauhre Prem Singh College, Garhi Inchchha-Jatoi, Bhurraka, block Baldev — 369 farmers from 23 villages.
• 30 August (eighth): Shri Naval Kishore Inter College, Karanpur Chauraha, block Farah — 356 farmers from 18 villages.
• 6 September (ninth): SMUD International School, Beri, block Farah — 339 farmers from 18 villages.
• 13 September (tenth): Chhaya Memorial St. V.N. Public School, Raipura Jat — 348 farmers from 18 villages.
• 19 September (eleventh): B.S.S.N. Higher Secondary School, Tarauli, Chhata — 357 farmers from 20 villages.
• 27 September (twelfth): Karshni Guru Sharananand Vidyalaya, Gopi ki Nagariya, Mahavan — 322 farmers from 21 villages.
• 4 October (thirteenth): Upper Primary School and Banke Bihari Mandir, Junsuti — 374 farmers from 22 villages.

Each camp distributed 4,000 fruit saplings — 52,000 in all across thirteen camps, for about 4,760 farmers at the programmes and hundreds more who collected their packets afterwards. The Foundation's field team — Virendra, Deepak, Akhil, Shivam Kumar and Akhilesh — runs every camp, and local principals, pradhans and volunteers organise each one. The 2026 drive is supported by GLA University, Mathura, with a grant of about ₹20 lakh; its banner hangs beside the Foundation's at the camps.