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Plant For Tomorrow

Plant With Purpose aims to double its impact by 2017 through a campaign to reach 200,000 people in 200 new villages across 2 new countries. Currently serving 100,000 people in 6 countries through environmental restoration, economic empowerment, and spiritual renewal, the organization seeks to transform desperation into hope. By adopting improved models and technologies, Plant With Purpose has reduced costs while increasing impact. The campaign aims to expand successful programs in countries like Tanzania to serve more communities, and launch new initiatives in Ethiopia and Congo to preserve forests and offer reconciliation. Contributions of $3.5 million would allow Plant With Purpose to reach its goals of bringing restoration and opportunity to more rural poor globally.

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Plant For Tomorrow

Plant With Purpose aims to double its impact by 2017 through a campaign to reach 200,000 people in 200 new villages across 2 new countries. Currently serving 100,000 people in 6 countries through environmental restoration, economic empowerment, and spiritual renewal, the organization seeks to transform desperation into hope. By adopting improved models and technologies, Plant With Purpose has reduced costs while increasing impact. The campaign aims to expand successful programs in countries like Tanzania to serve more communities, and launch new initiatives in Ethiopia and Congo to preserve forests and offer reconciliation. Contributions of $3.5 million would allow Plant With Purpose to reach its goals of bringing restoration and opportunity to more rural poor globally.

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PLANT FOR

TOMORROW

A CAMPAIGN TO
DOUBLE OUR IMPACT

200,000 PEOPLE

200 VILLAGES

2 NEW COUNTRIES
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PLANT FOR TOMORROW


a CAMPAIGN to double our impact by 2017

TRANSFORMATION

ENVIRONMENTAL
RESTORATION

ECONOMIC
EMPOWERMENT

SPIRITUAL
RENEWAL

TODAY
Plant With Purpose works with
100,000 people in six countries,
transforming desperation into
hope. Over 12 million trees have
been planted, restoring healthy
watersheds and creating a
foundation for life. New crops are
ending hunger. 450 loan groups
have been created in 350 villages,
sowing the seeds of prosperity.
Hundreds of churches have been
revitalized, sharing Gods love with
those who are lost and discouraged.

TOMORROW
We plan to double our impact in
the next three years by reaching

200,000 People

in 200 New Villages


and 2 New Countries.

HOW PLANT WITH PURPOSE BRINGS HOPE

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

We believe that the worlds one billion rural poor are the greatest
untapped resource in the world. Plant With Purpose walks alongside
farmers, equipping them to use their own God-given talents to improve
their lives, provide for their children and restore the planet.

Bryant Myers has said that the poor


deserve more than gifted amateurs. At
Plant With Purpose our commitment is to
offer professional, continually improving
development opportunities, using
metrics to gauge effectiveness.

Environmental Restoration.

By restoring land through


reforestation and sustainable farming methods, new life is born in a
weary land. Rivers and springs return to places where they had vanished.
Trees, Gods natural filter, help to purify the water and protect families
from disease.

Economic Opportunity. New farming techniques allow families

to improve yields, ending hunger and increasing household income.


Village Savings and Loan groups empower families to create a financial
safety net and provide loans for business development, childrens
education, health care and more.

Spiritual Renewal. Plant With Purpose works with local churches to


strengthen and support their discipleship efforts, allowing individuals
to experience Gods love and bringing about truly sustainable change.

In communities where others might see desperation, we see places of


possibilitywhere people are known for what they can do, not for what
they lack.

In recent years that has meant the


adoption of the Village Savings and
Loan methodology, and an increasingly
effective agricultural model. It has
also meant that we have been able
to reduce our cost-per-beneficiary by
50%, allowing us to bring about greater
transformation for more people, less
expensively.
Satellite imagery and remote monitoring
technology is allowing us to measure
effectiveness of reforestation efforts.
Water quality monitoring is allowing us
to see the downstream impacts of our
watershed work.
Our Plant for Tomorrow Campaign will
allow us to accelerate this trajectory of
community development that transforms
lives.

FLASH FLOODING
SLASH-AND-BURN FARMING

REFORESTATION
SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURE

ERODED HILLSIDE

SAVINGS & LOAN GROUP

CHURCH

BEFORE

AFTER

Environmental degradation turns fertile land into wasteland and


destroys the chance for families to grow food or earn an income.
It destroys hope and diminishes dignity.

Yet, there is hope. As farmers learn sustainable ways to restore


their land, families and communities begin to thrive. They begin
to use their own abilities to live with God-given hope and dignity.

DOUBLE OUR IMPACT


200 NEW VILLAGES
Many communities are requesting our help. We desire to meet this demand by expanding existing country programs by 200 villages.
Our growth in Tanzania is an example of what is possible.
In 2005, Plant With Purpose began working with a handful of families in a deforested area of Tanzania. That year, farmers
planted 320 trees. The next year we served 625 people and started 4 savings-and-loan groups. Seven years later, the impact
has grown to serve 25,000 people, with 190 savings-and-loan groups in 64 communities. This represents an annual growth
rate of 73% in the number of families equipped to improve their lives. At the same time Tanzania programs budget grew by
only 18% annually.
In 2013, Plant With Purpose equipped Tanzanians to plant 1.4 million trees, put hundreds of thousands of dollars of their
own money to work, plant hundreds of vegetable gardens and mobilize the talents of the marginalized. The gospel has been
shared in a winsome way and people have learned to live out their faith. Water-related illness decreased, savings increased
and nutrition improved for thousands of children.
The Tanzania program demonstrates how a small investment can dramatically multiply impact, as economies of scale are
reached and best practices applied. But we have only begun to meet the need.

Program Growth in Tanzania


At campaign end: 80,000 people

160

NUMBER OF VILLAGES

(one village is approximately 500 people)

140

160

By 2016: 65,000 people

130

120

By 2015: 50,000 people

100

100

80

Currently serving: 25,000 people

64

60
46
40
22

20
0

11

26

31

34

Current Villages

Projected
Campaign
Growth

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

BY THE YEAR 2017


TWO NEW COUNTRIES
ETHIOPIA
In Ethiopia, Plant With Purpose
has the unique opportunity
to work with the local church
to preserve some of the last
remaining native forest in the
country. These forests, carefully
preserved by the church for
centuries, are irreplaceable
treasure troves of biodiversity,
seriously threatened by poverty
and poor agricultural practice.

Ethiopian church surrounded by its forest (aerial view and from ground level).

CONGO
Just a few miles from our work in Burundi, the
Democratic Republic of Congo suffers from
extreme poverty, deadly conflict and shocking
environmental scars. Through our watershed
approach, Plant With Purpose has the opportunity
to offer reconciliation and hope to communities
and to former militants, while restoring and
preserving stunning wildlife habitat.
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WHAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US


IS THE KNOWLEDGE THAT
WE ARE NOT HELPLESS, BUT
THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US
TALENTS WE CAN USE TO
CHANGE OUR COMMUNITY.
- VILLAGE SAVINGS GROUP MEMBER - HAITI

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CALL TO ACTION
HELP US PLANT FOR TOMORROW
THE GOAL IS TO DOUBLE OUR IMPACT:

200,000 PEOPLE

200 NEW VILLAGES


2 NEW COUNTRIES

We know that with your help, Plant With Purpose can become one of the most effective organizations
at the nexus of poverty alleviation, environmental restoration and spiritual renewal.

By joining us in our Plant for Tomorrow Campaign, you will make it possible to:
1.

Double our impact to reach 200,000 people by 2017


Begin work in 200 new villages
Start 450 new VSLAs, providing a platform for savings, agricultural
development and spiritual growth.

COST: $2,500,000

2.

Launch work in Ethiopia and Congo

COST: $1,000,000

TOTAL: $3,500,000
Your support to this Campaign will provide opportunities for farming families to turn their
dreams for the future into reality. To begin Planting for Tomorrow, contact Doug Satre at:
4747 Morena Blvd. Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92117
[email protected]
858-274-3718

PLANT WITH PURPOSE, A CHRISTIAN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION,


REVERSES DEFORESTATION AND POVERTY AROUND THE WORLD
BY TRANSFORMING THE LIVES OF THE RURAL POOR.

800.633.5319
[email protected]
www.plantwithpurpose.org
4747 Morena Blvd. Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92117
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