Plant With Pur­pose is a Chris­t­ian human­i­tar­ian orga­ni­za­tion ded­i­cated to help­ing the rural poor. Our three-part, envi­ron­men­tal, eco­nomic, and spir­i­tual approach to sus­tain­able devel­op­ment trans­forms the com­mu­ni­ties and peo­ple we work with in the fol­low­ing ways.

1. Improved Qual­ity of Life

As a result of our work, chil­dren and adults enjoy improved health, chil­dren attain higher lev­els of edu­ca­tion and women expe­ri­ence greater equal­ity and eco­nomic security.

2. Restored Relationships

Plant With Pur­pose ini­tia­tives help strengthen fam­ily rela­tion­ships, the rela­tion­ship between peo­ple and their envi­ron­ment, and the rela­tion­ship between peo­ple and God.

3. Self Sufficiency

Our syn­er­gis­tic model of envi­ron­men­tal and eco­nomic devel­op­ment teaches peo­ple to farm in ways that also pro­tect the land, ensur­ing their long-term pros­per­ity. As a result, these com­mu­ni­ties con­tinue to thrive long after our work there ends.

What’s Our Purpose

“It’s a ques­tion we all ask our­selves when we see peo­ple suf­fer­ing. As human beings, we want to help—but how?

For us, the break­through came when we saw first-hand the con­nec­tion between poverty and the envi­ron­ment. Many peo­ple think of poverty and the envi­ron­ment as sep­a­rate issues, but in fact they are hugely inter­de­pen­dent. Most of the world’s poor are rural poor. Many are sub­sis­tence farm­ers, com­pletely depen­dent on their envi­ron­ment for sur­vival. But as a result of wide­spread defor­esta­tion, the land isn’t pro­vid­ing like it used to.

Land that once bore boun­ti­ful crops that could be sold or eaten, isn’t pro­duc­ing. Streams that used to pro­vide water to drink, now run dry. Out of des­per­a­tion, the poor cut down more trees to sell as fire­wood, even though doing so means fur­ther destroy­ing their one chance of survival.

By revers­ing defor­esta­tion, Plant With Pur­pose helps the poor restore pro­duc­tiv­ity to their land to cre­ate eco­nomic oppor­tu­nity out of envi­ron­men­tal restora­tion. Since 1984 we have helped more than 100,000 peo­ple in some 230 vil­lages lift them­selves out of poverty through our holis­tic approach to sus­tain­able development.

We invite you to join us, and Plant With Purpose.”

More Infor­ma­tion

Web­site: www.plantwithpurpose.org

Plant with Pur­pose is an ini­tia­tive of Flo­resta.
See their Char­ity Guide Pro­file: http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=6907

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