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Promote gender equity around the world by planting trees and creating lasting social impact! Learn more
With your help, we will:
In an effort to promote gender equity in restoration, we are proud to announce the establishment our Women’s Empowerment Fund for Reforestation. This fund is dedicated to supporting reforestation projects worldwide that are led by and/or benefit women.
Trees provide a foundation for life to flourish almost everywhere they grow. They are nature’s best nurturers, creating and protecting habitats, cooling and shading their surroundings, shielding communities, growing nutritious food, and so much more.
Similarly, women provide the foundation for their families and communities with their innate ability to nurture, protect, heal, teach, and build. Studies show that women reinvest 90% of their income into their families and communities.
But it goes deeper than that: research also shows that women’s actions are more likely to be informed by the needs of the collective than the individual – and therefore, they’re more likely to make decisions that support the public good and improve the welfare of others (including nature).
Our reforestation partner KULA works to eradicate poverty through the development of entrepreneurs in Rwanda’s coffee-producing communities. Over the past 3 years, we have planted over 250,000 trees and empowered over 300 farmers — the majority of whom are women. Upon maturation, the coffee seedlings that are planted, grown, and maintained by the participating farmers, can provide sustainable income for farming families for up to 30 years.
This project focused on increasing tree cover for Punjab communities in India. By increasing tree cover, we can improve the overall health of communities. From growing the seedlings to planting and after care, the planting and tending of trees was a central role of women in the community, positively affecting their social status. By placing women in positions of leadership and power, this project has uplifted and empowered participants, helping to promote gender equity.
Our planting partner, Plant With Purpose, works to impact and benefit watershed health and downstream actors. Specifically, this project will benefit the Artibonite watershed in the border region of the Dominican Republic and Haiti, affecting water supplies in both countries. Every tree planted in this project will help revitalize the soil, promote biodiversity, and stabilize weather patterns. This project also helped to promote gender equality in the Dominican Republic. Of all the participants in the planting, over half are women, with many in positions of leadership.