In 1993, a mother planted the first tree for her late son Ryan: Israel planned an entire 10,000-Tree forest around it

In May 1993, Jeanne White travelled to Israel to plant a single pine tree in her son Ryan White's memory, becoming part of a larger memorial forest for people who had died from AIDS. Ryan had haemophilia and contracted HIV through contaminated blood-clotting treatment.

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