Plant & Grow Trees

#habangmaypunomaybuhay (in English “while there are trees, there is life!”)

Since the inception of the program in 2014, we have planted a total of 349,220 trees all around the Philippines.

The prior events of devastation on the lives and livelihoods of thousands of our members caused by typhoons and flooding,  we have embraced environmental stewardship and pledged to protect ecological diversity as mandated by God.  Because when we protect the environment, we protect ourselves and the future generation.  

Planting and growing trees in the uplands, lowlands and coastlands are being implemented nationwide.  Aside from the actual planting, we continue to train our employees and our micro-entrepreneurs on the importance of tree planting:

1. Trees provide oxygen, support and sustain life throughout our existence. They have a wide variety of practical and commercial uses.
2. They conserve water, improve quality of air and preserve soil. Trees, shrubs and turf (grasslands) filter air by removing dust,  absorbing other pollutants like carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide.  
3. They lower the air temperature and reduce the heat intensity of the greenhouse effect by maintaining low levels of carbon dioxide. Trees properly placed around buildings and homes reduce air conditioning needs by 30% and save 20-50 percent in energy used for heating.
4. They give fuel, firewood for cooking, heating, timber for building construction, furniture manufacture, tools, sporting equipment, and thousands of household items, for making paper and even for coffins.
5. The mangrove forests act as shield from rogue waves and tsunamis and serve as breeding ground for fish and other sea creatures.

Help us achieve our target of 1 Million Trees and benefit 150,000 community members and their families. The PhP200 or USD4.00 donation per tree includes

1. Fruit bearing seedlings (at least 3 feet tall
2. Name tagging of tree
3. Our community will do the planting, watering, weeding and all other maintenance activities of the planting site, for you.