CFI sends a huge shout-out to all the treeplanters of Neil Whan and Robin McCullough’s camps who donated their daily earnings to CFI, collectively contributing over $8200 to CFI’s projects in Pemba, Tanzania. Cheesyness aside, this kind of generosity is truly inspiring.
For those of you have never spent a Canadian summer in the bush planting trees, the trade deserves a bit of an introduction. Tree-planting is an incredibly taxing job, both physically and mentally. After planting anywhere from 2000 to 4000 (highballers in Ontario are known to hit 5k) trees in a day, planters are ferried back to camp where they then devour a meal, hang-out for a couple of hours, then go to sleep. Repeat until the summer is over.
Treeplanters can potentially make good money. But it doesn’t come easy – planters have to work the hardest day of their life, everyday, all summer, to come out of the summer with enough money to pay off a year’s worth of rent and tuition.
That’s why this donation means so much to us. The money’s not coming from the demographic typically associated with philanthropy. But that didn’t stop you from stepping-up. You gave because you believe in what CFI’s doing and you’d like to see your money allow those projects to go forward.
We’ve set out to raise $20, 000 over the summer. The beauty of this campaign is that ALL of the funds go directly and entirely to CFI’s projects in Pemba. Nothing gets tied up in over-head or administration costs. Click here to check out the projects that your donations support and check out the video below that does a great job of bringing the pieces together.
A Beginning in Pemba from Community Forests International on Vimeo.
Treeplanters are an incredibly important piece in all of this.
To help us reach our goal, click here. Thanks for your generosity.
