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San Diego Organization Gives Hope Through Gardens on
#GivingTuesday Plant With Purpose aims to alleviate hunger both in
San Diego and abroad
SAN DIEGONovember 23, 2015 Plant With Purpose announces its
involvement and support of #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving
that encourages the collective effort of individuals, communities,
and organizations toward philanthropy and celebrating generosity.
Engagement in both volunteering and giving
focusing on solutions to hunger through gardensare being
coordinated.
Plant With Purpose is holding a one-day campaign on December 1
to raise funds for 10 families in Burundi to receive gardens. The
goal of $500 will provide tools and training to farming families in
this impoverished East African country.
Burundi is the hungriest country in the world. Burundis recent
civil war was driven by ethnic tension and
only ended in 2005. The war resulted in widespread famine,
disease, and elevated crime. The conflict affected Burundis
agricultural and economical resources to the detriment of
Burundians livelihood as farmers. Recent instability has made
resources scarce.
As subsistence farmers, the majority of Burundians survive off
of what they grow. Plant With Purpose is
providing grassroots solutions to this crisis through training
in sustainable farming and making fruit and vegetable seed
available.
Esperance is a mother of ten who is experiencing the benefits of
these small but impactful steps. Esperance
and her husband plant corn, beans, potatoes, bananas, and other
vegetables in their small plot of land. I am very pleased to see
how we could improve the nutrition of our children with vegetables
that can be grown in even a small garden, affirms Esperance.
As farming familieslike Esperancessee an increase in crop
production, children have more to eat. Excess
crops are sold at local markets. Profits from these gardens
allow children to go to school and familys to receive healthcare.
Gardens are a simple sign of hope and a solution to hunger.
Hunger is an issue in San Diego where one in four children go to
school hungry. On December 1#GivingTuesdayPlant With Purpose staff,
donors, and supporters will volunteer at the Leichtag
Foundations Coastal Roots Farm. Harvests from the farm are
donated to local charities.
The San Diego community is invited to celebrate #GivingTuesday
with Plant With Purpose.
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About Plant With Purpose Plant With Purpose
(plantwithpurpose.org) is an international development organization
that transforms lives in rural areas where poverty is caused by
deforestation. For more than 30 years, Plant With Purpose has
provided lasting solutions to rural poverty through a community
development approach that integrates
reforestation, sustainable agriculture programs, economic
opportunity through microfinance, and local leadership development.
Plant With Purpose currently works in more than 425 communities in
seven
countries: Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the
Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mexico, Tanzania, and Thailand. The
organization has planted over 16 million trees worldwide.
Join Plant With Purpose in giving hope through gardens.
Volunteer on December 1 is from 9:00-11:00 a.m. at 441 Saxony Rd,
Encinitas, CA 92024.
For interviews, inquiries, or additional information on Plant
With Purpose, including videos or photos, please
contact Becky Rosaler.
Contact: Becky Rosaler Marketing and Events 800.633.5319
Office
760.650.2819 Cell [email protected]
plantwithpurpose.org
