Environment Funded Projects

Environment

Funded $2,218 (of $5,000 requested)

Increase the availability of drinking water and irrigation for crops, reduce incidence of water borne diseases, and ease everyday drudgery on women by promoting traditional water harvesting structures

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Sustainable Coastal Communities and Ecosystems

Tanzania,

Environment

Funded $490 (of $10,000 requested)

The International Volunteer Project is part of the SUCCESS Program which focuses on improving the well-being of coastal people and communities in Ecuador, Nicaragua and Tanzania.

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Protect the Rainforest & Indigenous Health, Mexico

Environment

Funded $1,455 (of $8,410 requested)

DESMI will help 50 Mayan families in three villages of Chiapas, Mexico install wood-saving stoves. The stoves reduce deforestation and improve air quality in the home, preventing asthma and blindness.

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Women Protect Land & Promote Self-Reliance, India

Environment

Funded $2,475 (of $13,310 requested)

Promote organic farming to ensure food security, conserve local biodiversity and empower poor women in Bihar, India, to build economic livelihood opportunities for themselves and their families.

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Help Save Elephants in Kenya!

Kenya,

Environment

Funded $3,129 (of $10,000 requested)

Help Maasai warrior and conservationist Saayio “Titus” Letaapo save elephants in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya.

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Women in India Protect Land & Foster Self-Reliance

Environment

Funded $14,190 (of $14,190 requested)

Promote traditional farming methods to create tangible and positive changes in the natural environment. Create economic livelihood opportunities to improve lives of poor women in Bihar, India.

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Water Security on the Parched Lands of the Thar

Environment

Funded $1,755 (of $25,000 requested)

Assists the needy rural population in the Thar Desert region, India, in conserving runoff water from the limited rainfalls for a continuous supply of potable water in an exceedingly arid setting.

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Restoring Forests for the People of Chocó

Environment

Funded $1,742 (of $53,467 requested)

By using ecologically, socially, economically, and culturally compatible species, Analogue Forestry allows 12 communities to protect ecosystems, grow food and profit from selling forest products.

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Humanitarian Aid for West Sumatra Earthquake

Indonesia,

Environment

Funded $124 (of $45,500 requested)

This project will help 325 Padangnese refugees from the Earthquake by providing food, nutrient supplements, cooking equipment, tents, medicines, mental recovery for children and rebuilding homes.

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Protecting the 32,000-Hectare Tubbataha Reefs

Philippines,

Environment

Funded $20,000 (of $20,000 requested)

The project will help provide the necessary incentives, training and logistical support that the marine park rangers need to maintain exemplary performance in protecting the Tubbataha Reefs.

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Self-Employ 100 Women in Organic Farming in India

Massive corporate agriculture and the cost of pesticides and genetically engineered seeds have put many small farmers out of business. In order to survive, organic farming has become a necessity.

Environment

Funded $8,272 (of $8,272 requested)

Protect Rainforest With Sustainable Practices

Environment

Funded $20,000 (of $20,000 requested)

Protect the Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil through the promotion of sustainable land use and reforestation. Reduce human environmental pressure and prevent species extinction.

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Restore Land to Tribal Women in India

Environment

Funded $8,000 (of $8,000 requested)

Enabling the tribal population to restore land and practice traditional agricultural practices will improve food security and economic conditions in the district of Deogarh.

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Basur-Environmental Education

Basur project is based on the appraisal of the social, economical and environmental situation. Seeking to improve the quality of life of the communities through an integral management of their waste.

Environment

Funded $1,390 (of $1,390 requested)

Worm compost for 10 Indian villages' fallow land

The rural villagers of Medak have fallow arid land. Worms produce organic compost that renourishes the land for crop growth, and provides a source of income as surplus is sold for a profit.

Environment

Funded $3,300 (of $3,300 requested)

Red De Mujeres Productoras

This project focuses on the production, collection and marketing of aromatic and medicinal plants and spices to conserve biodiversity and reduce poverty.

Environment

Funded $3,073 (of $5,000 requested)

Junta De Manejo Participativo

Ecuador,

Environment

Funded $3,000 (of $5,000 requested)

Sustainable marine resource management in Ecuador through control and monitoring groups

Kalinga Mission (KAMICYDI)

Philippines,

Environment

Funded $980 (of $5,000 requested)

The project focuses on the promotion of a sustainable agricultural technology, led and devised by indigenous peoples in the Philippines.

Saving Mexico's Forests, People and Wildlife

The Rainforest Alliance is working to ensure that Mexico, one of the most biologically diverse nations, maintains healthy forests that provide income to local people, and habitat to wildlife.

Environment

Funded $1,647 (of $10,000 requested)

Self-Employ 100 Women in Organic Farming in India

Massive corporate agriculture and the cost of pesticides and genetically engineered seeds have put many small farmers out of business. In order to survive, organic farming has become a necessity.

Environment

Funded $1,521 (of $9,603 requested)

Assistance for Jakarta flood victims

Indonesia,

Environment

Funded $2,200 (of $15,500 requested)

This project will assist 3000 flood refugees in Jakarta by providing food and water, medicines, nutritional supplements, school equipment, household tools and mental recovery for children.

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Regeneration of Degraded Forest

The Timbaktu Collective works with impoverished people of 8 villages (in drought-prone Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh, India) to regenerate & protect a degraded forest on 8000 acres of land.

Environment

Funded $1,200 (of $10,000 requested)

Save El Salvador's Last Expanse of Rainforest

El Salvador,

Environment

Funded $1,072 (of $10,000 requested)

The Rainforest Alliance is working with SalvaNATURA - a citizens' group with more than 50 active volunteers - to help to save El Impossible, the most important natural area of El Salvador.

Adopt Oak Forest in the Tropical Andes

The Nature Foundation is protecting species that are found nowhere else on Earth. They created the Cachalu Biological Reserve - 1,800 acres of forest mainly comprised of majestic, ancient oak trees.

Environment

Funded $922 (of $10,000 requested)

Rehabilitating Poor Thai Fishing Communities

Thailand,

Environment

Funded $76,352 (of $969,072 requested)

Immediate relief and long-term rehabilitation for fisher-folk, children, and workers along the Thai coast through provision of shelters and support for vocational recovery and ecosystem restoration.

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Ensure Food Security Through Sustainable Practices

Nepal,

Environment

Funded $200 (of $2,500 requested)

Strengthen food security by promoting sustainable agriculture practices among women farmers.

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Amazon School - Education for Sustainability

Environment

Funded $1,260 (of $31,170 requested)

Discussing and clarifying the conflicts that threaten the bio diversity and ultimately the sustainable development of Southern Amazon to aid in environmental awareness.

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Adopt Oak Forest in the Tropical Andes

The Nature Foundation is protecting species that are found nowhere else on Earth. They created the Cachalu Biological Reserve - 1,800 acres of forest mainly comprised of majestic, ancient oak trees.

Environment

Funded $923 (of $25,000 requested)

Juvenile Activism in Argentina Communities

Through the participation of the young members of the Ecoclubes of impoverished areas of Argentina, we try to fulfill the nutritional needs of families deprived of food.

Environment

Funded $1,200 (of $33,660 requested)

Haiti: Peasants for the Planet

Haiti,

Environment

Funded $495 (of $14,081 requested)

150 peasants want to reverse the badly eroded land on their mountain. They will save lives by planting trees to stop mudslides and by training other peasants about reforestation to preserve the land

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Communities Manage Natural Resources in Indonesia

Indonesia,

Environment

Funded $550 (of $16,000 requested)

This project empowers local communities to secure land tenure rights, protect biodiversity, and improve incomes through sustainable agriculture and formation of forest protection committees.

Ekuri Initiative

Nigeria,

Environment

Funded $125 (of $5,000 requested)

This project focuses on the conservation and sustainable management of the Ekuri Community forests.

Developing Rural Water Supply in Nigeria

Nigeria,

Environment

Funded $1,090 (of $44,000 requested)

This project will develop safe and sanitary drinking water supplies to rural villages in Nigeria. The project will be implemented through the local University in partnership with local communities.

Environmental Awareness, Recycling & Culture

OACA has developed an environmental education resource kit for primary schoolchildren that includes a backpack, binoculars, book, teacher guide, games and puppets to be distributed to 100 schools.

Environment

Funded $170 (of $7,857 requested)

Developing a self-sustaining project which reduces the plastic residues problem by promoting environmental awareness, commercializing recycled products and generating job opportunities.

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ARCANDINA: Caretakers of the Galapagos Islands

Ecuador,

Environment

Funded $630 (of $31,900 requested)

Using innovative multi-media activities for children to develop a culture of conservation in Ecuador's Galapagos Islands.

Primary School Environmental Education

Peru,

Environment

Funded $500 (of $26,600 requested)

ARCANDINA: Caretakers of the Galapagos Islands

Ecuador,

Environment

Funded $510 (of $31,900 requested)

Using innovative multi-media activities for children to develop a culture of conservation in Ecuador's Galapagos Islands.

Protecting the Amazon in Brazil

The Il Ngwesi Group Ranch is reducing local poverty and conserving biodiversity through promotion of ecotourism and establishment of a community owned trust responsible for local land management.

Environment

Funded $468 (of $33,000 requested)

Bolsa Amazonia is a regional organization dedicated to developing sustainable enterprises in rural forest communities of Amazonia.

Creating eco-tourism and reducing poverty in Kenya

Kenya,

Environment

Funded $440 (of $33,000 requested)

Protecting the forests in Tanzania

Tanzania,

Environment

Funded $425 (of $33,000 requested)

Harnessing knowledge of the species-rich forests of Tanzania's Arusha region, the Suledo Forest Community has established an effective system of forest management that meets the needs of local people.

Improve the Environment in Urban Argentina

Environment

Funded $235 (of $20,000 requested)

Basur seeks to improve quality of life for communities with low resources by creating integral management of their solid waste.

Empower Women Through Sustainable Skills

Offer women of remote areas where nature is rich, but life conditions are harsh, the chance to learn skills such as embroidery and patchwork that will improve social and environmental conditions.

Environment

Funded $490 (of $50,000 requested)

Sustainable Water Use in 20 Communities

Ecoclubs promote awareness of water consumption in communities. They create a coalition among businesses, the community, the government and grantmakers to care for our water supplies.

Environment

Funded $497 (of $51,400 requested)

Cultivating medicinal plants in India

Recognizing the link between plants and rural livelihoods, the Medicinal Plant Conservation Centre (MPCC) in India has advanced medicinal plant conservation and reduced poverty.

Environment

Funded $290 (of $33,000 requested)

Help Preserve Biodiversity in Port Royal, Jamaica

Jamaica,

Environment

Funded $150 (of $20,000 requested)

This Pride Campaign uses community education and participation to promote conservation of the Palisadoes-Port Royal Protected Area and promote sustainable use by regulating activities and practice.

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Mapping and land rights in Malaysia

Malaysia,

Environment

Funded $242 (of $33,000 requested)

The Uma Bawang Resident's Association (UBRA) represents a community that has successfully used innovative mapping efforts, to legally defend land rights and access to forest lands.

Green Life Association of Amazonia

AVIVE was founded to defend and preserve the local environment and culture while also working to improve the quality of life of local people, especially women.

Environment

Funded $192 (of $33,000 requested)

Renewable Energy Community Entrepreneurship

Israel,

Environment

Funded $2,275 (of $450,000 requested)

To prove that between the electricity sector in Israel and the global uncertainty of the energy market, renewable energy entrepreneurship could contribute socially, environmentally, and economically.

Sustainable School Sanitation in Tamil Nadu

Environment

Funded $340 (of $120,000 requested)

-750 school children get toilets -More than 2100 girls continue education -School sanitation training in 10 schools

Promoting Organic Coffee in Mexico

Environment

Funded $96 (of $33,000 requested)

Cafe de la Selva is a small chain of coffee shops that sells organic coffee grown by indigenous communities from Chiapas.

Sustainable Toilets in Cauvery River Basin, India

-1200 families, presently open defecating, get ecological toilets. -Better health conditions due to reduction in pollution of river water. -Better cleanliness and hygiene conditions in the village.

Environment

Funded $230 (of $140,000 requested)

Saving Mexico's Forests, People and Wildlife

The Rainforest Alliance is working to ensure that Mexico, one of the most biologically diverse nations, maintains healthy forests that provide income to local people, and habitat to wildlife.

Environment

Funded $170 (of $100,000 requested)

Promoting community development in Thailand

Thailand,

Environment

Funded $50 (of $33,000 requested)

The Population and Community Development Association of Bangkok launched CBIRD Center in Sub Tai to promote economic development and deal with poaching.

Save El Salvador's Last Expanse of Rainforest

El Salvador,

Environment

Funded $50 (of $50,000 requested)

The Rainforest Alliance is working with SalvaNATURA - a citizens' group with more than 50 active volunteers - to help to save El Impossible, the most important natural area of El Salvador.

Protecting beaches and rainforest in Honduras

Honduras,

Environment

Funded $25 (of $33,000 requested)

Representing several thousand inhabitants of the Honduran Mosquitia, MOPAWI works to protect habitats ranging from coastal beaches to pine savanna and primary rainforest.

Sustainable Community Sanitation in Tamil Nadu