Restore a forest plot and provide a family with sustainable income
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$21 restores 100 square meters of forest.
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A monthly subscription restores an area the size of two basketball courts over the course of a year.
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Feel free to add a custom name for your forest plot in the comment box of the payment form!
About Your Donation
You are donating to Restoration Era, partner of The New Horizons Foundation Inc. Your donation is fully tax deductible in the USA and is applied directly to Restoration Era's work. Thank you for partnering to create a brighter future.
Transform the livelihoods of families most affected by a 36-year civil war
Many families in Guatemala are still recovering from the devastating effects of a 36 year long civil war in the region. Communities have lost their loved ones, livelihoods, and land. Guatemala's Fondo de Tierras department has been providing those most affected by the war with new land to restore their livelihoods. However, much of that land is devoid of its natural forest and good soil, making even basic agriculture difficult and unsustainable.
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By working with the local families to restore the land they now call theirs, and by implementing sustainable agricultural practices, Era is providing them with the first source of income their community has earned in at least 5 years. By sponsoring this forest you will not only restore these once tropical lands, but you will also pave the way toward lifting a family out of poverty by providing them a sustainable income through the development of life-giving agroforestry.
Your Donation Provides
1. Jobs to Restore the Planet
Era employs communities to restore their environment. Era works in places where jobs are hard to come by. For many of the people hired, this work is their first sustainable employment opportunity. Jobs create socioeconomic benefits for individuals, families, and communities.
3. Healthier Soil
The regions Era works in are facing desertification. This is the slow process of a once healthy forested area turning into a desert. During this process the quality of the soil greatly diminishes making agriculture difficult. By reforesting the region it improves local agriculture and the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.
5. Sustainable Livelihoods
Jobs to restore the environment are a great short-term solution for the communities involved in restoration projects, but long-term sustainable industries need to be established. Era works closely with the communities to build sustainable community cooperatives to improve livelihoods.
7. Flood & Erosion Control
Forests help slow down natural disasters. Forests prevent erosion that causes mudslides and blocked water channels. Forests also slow the fall of water and prevent floods.
2. Enriched Biodiversity
From birds to insects to mammals to plants, a natural forest provides habitat, food, and resources for all life in the region to thrive. When the ecosystems' natural symbiotic relationships return the area can be considered successfully restored.
4. Purified Water
Acting as Earth's water filters, tree roots capture pollutants from groundwater, swamps, and brackish coastlines. On top of this forests help stabalize water tables and make water more easily accessible.
6. Carbon Sequestration
Trees store carbon in their roots, trunks, and branches. By restoring the forest you can help offset your carbon footprint and be a part of tackling climate change. Reducing your carbon footprint in day to day life is incredibly important on top of restoring nature.
8. Agroforestry
Native and naturalized fruit tree species are grown in the area which serves the families planting the forest with food for themselves and food that they can take to market.
$21/month for a year restores 1,000 square meters
1,000 square meters is larger than two basketball courts, an area which can sustain up to 500 new trees.
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Your sponsorship brings this area to life.
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Give the life transforming gift of restoring a piece of our planet
About Your Donation
You are donating to Restoration Era, partner of The New Horizons Foundation Inc. Your donation is fully tax deductible in the USA and is applied directly to Restoration Era's work. Thank you for partnering to create a brighter future.