Program RESILIENCE COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT Impact While the world continues to A key aspect of environmental restoration grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, partners and the Watershed Model is the way in Ethiopia and Haiti also face natural disasters, communities work together to create and civil unrest, and government instability. manage shared forest space. “Thanks to the Expansion Amidst Conflict in Ethiopia Preserving native ecology in Tanzania techniques we’ve In Ethiopia, where 84% of the population lives in poverty, In Tanzania, many partner farmers received seed there are concerns that unrest could lead to civil war. harvesting training this year. As a result, participants learned, we are Despite this backdrop, Plant With Purpose completed harvested a total of 156kg of seeds from 24 different empowered to its two-year pilot program and is ready to scale. Most native tree species. This is especially important as importantly, all local stakeholders have extended the most watersheds are found in and around the respond to the invitation to expand our work ecologically important Mt. Kilimanjaro region. needs of our families.” Moving forward undaunted: Haiti Refugees in Thailand treated as partners In Haiti, Plant With Purpose has been working with In Thailand, ethnic minority farmers—who are often _ Loriana local farming families since 1997. This year, the nation marginalized and not able to become citizens—are Haitian partner farmer experienced a terrible series of civil and natural disasters. empowered to work alongside government agencies Gang activity, inflation, and political crisis have affected to restore community forests: “Since partnering with our team. However, program participants have shown Plant With Purpose, people in the community see the extraordinary resilience. importance of forests and maintaining our watersheds. Having a healthy environment can positively impact Ethiopia everything in life.” _ Eair, Thai farmer Thailand 12
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