By Qenut Amen | CEO and Founder of LRFF
There’s great news about this project my friends!
On November 24th, my birthday, I received a phone call, out of the blue from Miguel Aldrete in San Diego, He explained that his son was interested in working with LRFF to fundraise, with his group of friends, to plant a project. What a birthday gift, it blew my mind, something I’ll never forget.
Miguel Angel Aldrete is 14 years old and has been working to reforest the world since he was 7 years old. He collaborated earlier on with Trees for the Future and is responsible for funding and planting over 14,000 trees so far. Miguel is also Founder and President of his own non-profit organization, Kids 4 Our World.
They have chosen this project, “For the Monkeys and 60 School Children” as the cause for their fundraising campaign and it has begun. They have buit a brand new website for their group and we’ve added a special page for them at our new website as well, where they can receive donations separately.
Not only are they looking to fund and plant this project, but also to fund a “field trip” to La Reserva in Costa Rica, each with a parent, this coming July. If they can reach their funding goal they will work with the 60 school children in Delicias to create the nursery for the project. Hopefully, they will be able to return in December to help plant it.
We have a great field trip planned for the kids in July with a futbol (soccer) game against the Maleku youths, going on the famous forest walk at La Reserve, seedling collection in the forest and transplantation in the La Reserva nursery, a cultural learning experience with the Maleku tribe and some fun stuff as well, i.e. zip lining, river rafting, visit to the waterfall and/or petroglyphs, etc.
Please be sure to check out the links in this progress report and see what these amazing kids are up to. They give me great hope for the future they are OUR future and are dedicated to healing our Earth. Miguel sees it, the truth, that our environment is the root of all other things. If we want a healthy world we must create a healthy environment and for us that means restoring the vital, tropical forests of the world.
They have received $185 to day so that we can…GET PLANTING!
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