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Sustainable Roots is a 501c-3 not for profit organization that works in the eastern Andes of Ecuador. Our mission is to initiate and support projects that empower communities to preserve their cultural and natural resources.
Under the banner of this mission Sustainable Roots has been working with the Chontas Association to help support a tourism project that they started years ago. The association has about 300 hectars (600 acres) of pristine cloud forest complete with a few buildings that need a few rennovations before they can be put to use in the tourism sector. We (the two groups) would like to use these spaces to begin an interpretitive science center where young people from all over the world can learn about science and conservation using a hands on approach.
We were busy gathering funds for the project and dreaming about the future, when the other shoe dropped. The people who own the land at the entrance to the forest want to sell their land. The worst part? The potential buyers want to put a pig farm there. This would not only make the science center dream impossible due to the stench from the animals, but would result in the contamination of the pristine rivers and streams that run through the area.
After talking to the land owners they agreed to give us until the end of March to raise $2000 toward the purchase of the land, then we can slowly make payments on the rest. The total cost of the land is $6000.
We need your help raising at least the $2000 it will take to protect this little chunk of very important land. We have set the goal of this fundraiser at the $6,000 total for the cost of the land in the hope that our supporters will help us make this goal, but what we need right now is $2000 to make the downpayment. Every dollar you contribute saves 5 square meters of forest area making you the "owner" of 5 square meters of Andean mountain cloud forest! We know that with your help we can save this space and make the dream of the science center a reality! Every tiny contribution helps so much!
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