Chilliwack - Mt. Cheam Rotary Club
International Project 2007-08
Reforestation & Planting project
WHERE:
• Dominican Republic
• Ocoa River Watershed (Central Mountain range, southern region)
• (province of) San José de Ocoa
Reforestation & Planting project
WHY: • Hill deforestation = devastated land
• Rural families struggle
• Top soil unstable + land unusable for human and agricultural use
• Livelihoods, lives threatened
Reforestation & Planting project
WHAT: • replant 110,000 native trees
• plus 5,000 fruit trees
• cover 140 acres.
• community-level and volunteer-driven
• education and technical program
• 24 month period.
Reforestation & Planting project
PARTNERS• Chilliwack – Mt. Cheam Rotary
• Club Rotario de San José de Ocoa (District 4060)
• HOPE International Development Agency (Cooperating Partner)
Reforestation & Planting project
FUNDING: (in $US)
• San Jose de Ocoa club: $ 100
• Chwk-Mt. Cheam club: $ 9,000
• Dist. 5050 matching: $ 9,000
• RF Major Matching Grant: $13,500
• Total project funding: $31,600
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