Miracle Berry Changing Lives at Top of the World Photo Gallery

Women harvesting wild Seabuckthorn berries

Women villages harvesting wild Seabuckthorn berries (tibetana species) in Mustang. Villagers are trained how to collect the berries sustainably - i.e. without predujicing the next year's crop. At the same time, nurseries are being planted to ensure continuous and increased supply.

Preparing a Seabuckthorn nursery

A group of women, trained by the programme, prepares a nursery high up in the Himalayan mountains.

Monk novices planting Seabuckthorn seeds

Monk novices of the Kutsab Ternga Monastery, Mustang, planting Seabuckthorn seeds in a new nursery.

Monk with two-year-old plant

The Seabuckthorn plants take a number of years before they bear fruit. Here is a monk tending a two-year-old plant in Mustang, Nepal.