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Together...We Can Create
A World Where People
and Planet Flourish
trees planted and counting
Christians caring for creation and cutting poverty in half
 A Global Challenge

Poverty and
environmental
destruction are a cycle.

In rural communities across the globe, deforestation depletes land, reduces crop yields, and deepens poverty. Families are forced to choose between feeding their children or preserving their environment. It's a cycle, but it can be reversed.

Purpose Groups
Reverse the Cycle

Participants have increased their income by 300%

Income

99% improvement in soil health

Soil

Participants plant 9x as many trees

Trees

73% of participants have deepened their knowledge of God through nature

Faith

Plant With Purpose restores relationships between people,
with land, and with God by forming Purpose Groups.
Purpose Groups are also a savings and lending platform, creating new income opportunities and pathways out of poverty.
Purpose Groups are a Farmer Field School, where members learn and practice regenerative agriculture in a peer-to-peer setting.
Purpose Groups plant trees to restore ecosystems, stop erosion, and protect water sources.​​​
​Purpose Group members grow spiritually through mutual support and partnerships with local churches.
THIS COMMUNITY LED RESTORATION
CUTS POVERTY IN HALF

Where We Work

Thailand

  • 86 Purpose Groups
  • 5,129 People Served
  • 86 Church Partnerships
  • 3,542,863 Trees Planted
  • More about our work in Thailand

    Tanzania

  • 614 Purpose Groups
  • 71,503 People Served
  • 352 Church Partnerships
  • 20,556,469 Trees Planted
  • More about our work in Tanzania

    Mexico

  • 401 Purpose Groups
  • 23,410 People Served
  • 129 Church Partnerships
  • 1,429,252 Trees Planted
  • More about our work in Mexico

    Malawi

  • 21 Purpose Groups
  • 2,944 People Served
  • 39 Church Partnerships
  • 165,074 Trees Planted
  • Learn about our Malawi program launch

    Haiti

  • 770 Purpose Groups
  • 102,708 People Served
  • 153 Church Partnerships
  • 8,379,720 Trees Planted
  • More about our work in Haiti

    Ethiopia

  • 621 Purpose Groups
  • 58,814 People Served
  • 97 Church Partnerships
  • 4,881,557 Trees Planted
  • More about our work in Ethiopia

    Dominican Republic

  • 486 Purpose Groups
  • 51,496 People Served
  • 224 Church Partnerships
  • 25,392,309 Trees Planted
  • More about our work in Dominican Republic

    Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • 504 Purpose Groups
  • 114,226 People Served
  • 151 Church Partnerships
  • 7,312,530 Trees Planted
  • More about our work in the DRC

    Burundi

  • 1,100 Purpose Groups
  • 156,654 People Served
  • 233 Church Partnerships
  • 10,492,542 Trees Planted
  • More about our work in Burundi

    USA

    Our Global Headquarters:
    5075 Shoreham Place, Suite 240
    San Diego, CA 92122

    858.274.3718
    [email protected]
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