s helping restore forests a registered charity in canada founded and managed by cif/ifc members
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Helping Restore Forests
A registered charity in
Canada founded and managed by
CIF/IFC members
50% World’s Forest
Gone20% of
people ob-tain their
basic needs from the
forest
FwB-FsF Mission
Mission: To work with people who wish to restore or improve their forest landscapes for health, security, economy and the environment.
Board
Sharad Kar-macharya
Pat Wearmouth Fred Pinto
Tat Smith
Bruce Pendrel Rod Carrow
Linda Dwyer
Rod HilliardPeter Ack-
hurst
New Website
Donate via the website
Environmental Education in Schools: Nepal
Four high schools receive
educational supplies plus
equipment and materials to set
up tree nurseries and nature clubs
Environmental Education in Schools: Nepal
BenefitsEnvironmental
awareness integrated into
school
Reforestation
Self financing nursery
Community Forests: Cameroon
FwB working with local NGO to
establish community forests in the Sahel
region of Cameroon.
Community Forests: Cameroon
School in one of the
communities.
Average daily wage: $1.48
Community Forests: Cameroon
Inside the classroom
Cameroon:Community forests
Community forests in 3
villagesDrilled wells
for each village
Cameroon:Community forests
Preparing the site
Planting the fence
Cameroon:Community forests
Improved cook stoves
distributed
Traditional "three stone" cookstove Improved Bangui cookstove
Uganda: Pine Plantation
Trees were planted in the
Mpambire village. The development
of a pine forest near the village
will provide work for the local farmers and revenue
for the community
Uganda: Pine Plantation
Benefits:Immediate
WorkFood
Long termTimber
revenue for expansion and
tuition for orphans
Map Sacred Forest: Ghana
Train villagers to map their
sacred forests, build nursery,
restore degraded forest
Madagascar: Restore forestLocated in a very biodi-verse area
Native trees
Help estab-lish 3 busi-nesses: tree nursery, tree planting andecotourism
Future work
CameronGhana
MadagascarNepal
Canadian Schools
Haiti
Get Involved Today!
FwB is a volunteer based charity. Join today as a Friend of FwB
Contact Us:
Email: [email protected]: (705)-744-1715
Website: www.fwb-fsf.org
Canadian Schools
• Establish local project: school nursery or garden centre• Nature film festival: Winter 2016
Universities
Draws, alumni donations
Christmas tree, repaired bicycle sales
Universities
Draws, alumni donations
Christmas tree, repaired bicycle sales
FwB Caucus
Chair: Rod Smith
Chair: Pat Wear-mouth
Chair: Peter Ack-hurst
Chair: Bill Clarke
Canadian
Caucuses
Golf tournamentVolunteer vacations
Film festivalsTree plantsLunches at workshops
CIF Conference Silent Auction
Send in your donations and bid often
See you in Kenora, Ontario
September 14th -17th
Donate via the website
CIF Conference Silent Auction
Send in your donations and bid often
See you in Kenora, Ontario
September 14th -17th
Raising Fun and Funds!
Save up your coins in specially made piggy banks to help raise funds for FwB-
FsF
Specially packaged seedlings is a fundraising event to commemorate special
occasions while contributing to a global cause
FwB Caucus
Chair: Rod Smith
Chair: Pat Wear-mouth
Chair: Peter Ack-hurst
Chair: Bill Clarke
Canadian
Caucuses
Golf tournamentVolunteer vacations
Film festivalsTree plantsLunches at workshops
Uganda: Pine Plantation
FwB partnered with Uganda
Rotary to reforest 17 acres of scrub land in the village
of Mpirmire.
Clearing scrub
What FwB-FsF Does1) Develop projects with local and Canadian expertise2) Provide funds to projects that are fiscally viable with FwB
acting as a catalyst3) Enables CIF members to demonstrate their expertise in
helping people solve complex problems4) Enables CIF members to have fun and do something
worthwhile