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