Sadiman, a 67-year-old man, single-handedly restored an entire forest to save his village from hunger. He is a(n)1 in Dali village, Indonesia. The Gendol hill was seriously deforested because of widespread logging(伐木)activities and a series of forest fires that took place in the 1960s. The extreme deforestation made the Gendol River. 2, leading to serious water crisis.
He came up with the 3 to restore the hill when he was working there to make 4 meet. Sadiman started to 5 banyan(榕树)trees on about 500 hectares of the forest. He has been doing this for the last 21 years all by himself and his sacrifice is 6 surprising. His poor 7 conditions didn't stop him spending his hard-earned money 8 the seedlings for plantation to restore the forest. A banyan tree seedling 9 about $5. 00, which was much money for him. To meet this 10, Sadiman began to plant clove(丁香)tree seedling in his yards. Ten clove tree seedlings were worth a banyan tree seedling. Sadiman's devotion was beyond. 11, yet he was called a "crazy person" and some of his seedlings were 12 pulled out of the ground by irresponsible people. 13, this didn't stop him from planting the seedlings.
Non-stop since the early 1990s, Sadiman has 14 on planting trees and taking care of them to ensure they grow strong and healthy. 15 his continuous hard work, the forest has started to recover. More and more springs and streams have been 16 to provide a reliable water supply for the area. People are becoming 17of the importance of the forest in the bigger 18. The Gendol Hill, once wild, now returns to its former glory by one man and his action to 19 the whole region from drought(下旱)and 20. He truly is a one man army!