Birthday Trees, Not Candles | A Fundraiser for Philippine Reforestation

Fundraising campaign by Jenny de Dios
  • US$465.00
    raised of $400.00 goal goal
116% Funded
15 Donors
Raised offline: $45.00
Total: $510.00
Show more
Show less

Last year was catastrophic for forests, particularly in Australia and the Amazon. I'm sure many of you have generously donated to help stop the fires and/or start reforestation in those places, but forests all over the Philippines are in a sorry state as well. We are losing approximately 47,000 hectares of forest cover every year, thanks to legal and illegal mining operations, logging, agricultural fires, tourist development, and population expansion. Forests are the first line of defense against natural calamities, especially floods and landslides, which plague the country every year and result in massive losses of life and property damage.

For my birthday, I decided to start a fundraiser among family and friends to donate to Adopt-A-Seedling, a program by the Haribon Foundation to help restore forests around the country while conserving biodiversity and helping local communities thrive. Haribon Foundation has been at the forefront of biodiversity research and conservation for nearly 50 years.

For as little as PHP 380 (USD 7), you can adopt a seedling and this amount covers its preparation at a native tree nursery, planting, and subsequent monitoring by local community partners and farmers for three years. Indigenous trees such as narra, kamagong, and takip-asin are among the seedlings that will be planted.

And there’s more! Each donation of PHP 380 per seedling includes a Saibon Shampoo Bar, hand-crafted with natural ingredients by organic farmers from Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur. I will find a way to get the shampoo bar to you, even if you live overseas!

Nurture a forest and it nurtures you back. :) Thank you for your generosity!

For more information on Haribon: https://haribon.org.ph

Adopt-A-Seedling program: https://haribon.org.ph/support-our-work/rainforest...





Organizer

  • Jenny de Dios
  •  
  • Campaign Owner
  •  
  • JP

Donors

  • Cecilia Grandi
  • Donated on Feb 05, 2020
  • Happy Birthday dear Jenny!! Awesome initiative, definitely the world was blessed by your birth! Much love, Cici

Amount Hidden
  • Kara and Rom
  • Donated on Feb 03, 2020
  • Happy green birthday, Jen! 🎂

$25.00
  • Paul & Vicky Holganza
  • Donated on Feb 02, 2020
  • Kudos to you Jen for doing your part of saving the Philippine forest and the environment. So proud of you. Happy birthday!

$50.00
Feb 11

Birthday Trees 2020: A Small Step Towards Philippine Reforestation

Update posted by Jenny de Dios at 02:20 am

Dear friends,I'm thrilled to share that we have surpassed our fundraising goal! As of February 11th, we have raised USD 510 to contribute to Philippine reforestation. This will be enough for over 65 native seedlings which will be prepared in July, the start of the tree planting season, and cared. . . . .

See update
0

Donors & Comments

15 donors
  • Cecilia Grandi
  • Donated on Feb 05, 2020
  • Happy Birthday dear Jenny!! Awesome initiative, definitely the world was blessed by your birth! Much love, Cici

Amount Hidden
  • Kara and Rom
  • Donated on Feb 03, 2020
  • Happy green birthday, Jen! 🎂

$25.00
  • Paul & Vicky Holganza
  • Donated on Feb 02, 2020
  • Kudos to you Jen for doing your part of saving the Philippine forest and the environment. So proud of you. Happy birthday!

$50.00
  • Cynthia Arre
  • Donated on Feb 01, 2020
  • Happiest of birthdays, dear Jen! Loving this gift of yours for Mother Earth <3 ~ Cyn

Amount Hidden
  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Feb 01, 2020
$20.00
  • Joselita Daniel
  • Donated on Feb 01, 2020
$30.00
$25.00
  • Luz Javate
  • Donated on Jan 29, 2020
$35.00
  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Jan 28, 2020
  • Feliz cumple, Jenny!! Love you always! From Mikki and Heidi

Amount Hidden
  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Jan 26, 2020
Amount Hidden
Show more donors

Followers

5 followers
Paul & Vicky Holganza
Cynthia Arre
Candice Quimpo
Joselita Daniel
Constanza de Dios
US$465.00
raised of $400.00 goal
116% Funded
15 Donors
Raised offline: $45.00
Total: $510.00