Thanks to our generous donors, we’ve been able to plant over 1.6 million trees.  In addition, this has enabled us to provide over 16,000 days of paid work to families in extreme poverty.

Our trees are planted by Eden Reforestation. Here, people who work for Eden talk about planting trees and how this has transformed their lives:

At each reforestation site, Eden starts with a bottom-up approach. First connections are always with local communities, and the most important relationships are with local leaders, all of whom want a thriving local environment. Eden are clear their role is to provide economic incentives and planting techniques to support them in restoring their local environment and economy in the ways they know to make sense.

The result is Eden’s workforce receives a living wage working to restore their local environment: Parents who were once unable to put food on the table and pay their children’s school fees can now consistently provide healthy meals for their families and send their kids to school. Microenterprises pop up throughout the communities Eden work with, further improving the region’s economy. Long-standing debts are paid off, releasing individuals from the bonds of their debtors.

Nepal is one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world. Over 70% of the forests have been cut down.  Rachhya now runs the tree planting in Nepal

People are getting out of extreme poverty

Families are sending their children to school!

And starting micro-enterprises!

Hassan Shaffi Shetai grew up witnessing the destruction of mangrove forests along the coast of Lamu, Kenya as the trees were harvested for charcoal production.

Shaffi now works with us as a Team Leader and Boat Captain to help the reforestation efforts in Kenya to restore the very forests he saw cut down. As we restore mangrove forests, those who are dependent on mangroves can continue to earn a living and break the cycle of deforestation in this region. 

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