SUMMER 2010
Harvesting Hope in Haiti
A few months ago, Plant With Purpose won $15,000 to plant 15,000 trees and 15 miles of soil
conservation barriers in Haiti through the “Project 7 Challenge”. We are thrilled to report that
these projects are now underway in Haiti, and this was made possible by your votes!
Edzer is a farmer from the Bwanef group who
has benefitted from Plant With Purpose’s soil
conservation program. He has worked with
Plant With Purpose since 1997, and he says that
the group has helped him with a lot of things.
They have showed him how to protect his land
through soil conservation, as well as how to
plant trees and create nurseries.
Following the January 12th earthquake, Edz-
er became involved in Plant With Purpose’s
“Cash for Work” program. With the cash he is
making from this program, he said he is able
to get food to feed his family. Edzer says that
planting trees and protecting the land is the
most important thing he can do following the
earthquake. In February he was given bean
seed to plant, and he is already starting to see
the first harvest!
“For those who support Plant With Purpose,
I want to say a big thank you,” said Edzer. “I
don’t know what will happen next, but we are
Formerly known as Floresta USA
waiting on God and we are thankful for all he
has provided for us so far. Things could have
been a lot worse for us.”
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A Novel Idea: Tending to Eden
Looking for a clear explana-
tion of how poverty and the
environment are connected?
Plant With Purpose Executive
Director Scott Sabin explores
in this issue
the heart of our mission of car- DEPARTMENTS
ing for the poor and the earth Director’s Corner 5
in his new book Tending to Eden: Environ- People With Purpose 6
mental Stewardship for God’s People. Help us Volunteer Spotlight 7
spread the word about this book by sharing it
with your Bible study, your church, your fami-
ly and friends. For every purchase that is made
features
through our web site, (www.plantwithpurpose.
Visit to Fonds Verrettes, Haiti 2
org) Amazon.com will donate a portion of the Gala Save the Date 3
proceeds to Plant With Purpose, which will go Breaking News 4
toward directly benefiting the rural poor.
 A Visit to Fonds-
Verrettes, Haiti
By Kathie Culhane-Pera, MD
The below article was written by a member of St. Clement’s Episcopal
Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. St. Clements sponsors the village of Fonds-
Verrettes, which is a part of Plant With Purpose’s Haiti program, and Kath-
leen had the opportunity to visit that village on a recent trip. Here are
some of her experiences.
In May I visited Haiti where I worked as a
medical volunteer at Leogane. Because our
church congregation has joined funds to
support Plant With Purpose’s community
and agricultural development program in
Fonds-Verrettes, I also visited Fonds-Ver-
rettes.
I saw evidence that Plant With Purpose is
making a significant impact on people’s
lives in Fonds-Verrettes. I met farmers in a
field as they were planting trees and in a
church building. I was able to hear some of
their stories—and their testimonies about
the importance of Plant With Purpose in
their lives. They said:
“M’aime Plant With Purpose. Plant With Pur-
pose es m’manman, m’papa.” (I love Plant
With Purpose. Plant With Purpose is my
mother and my father.)
“Plant With Purpose does not give me things,
but has taught me to do for myself.”
“Plant With Purpose has taught me how to
compost, how to increase the yield of my soil.”
“Plant With Purpose has taught me how to
plant with natural fertilizers, graft trees, and
raise goats.”
2 Formerly known as Floresta USA
“Plant With Purpose has taught us to con-
serve our soil and decrease our erosion.”
“Plant With Purpose has taught us how to
pool our money, and loan it to each other.”
“Plant With Purpose has permitted us to be
a big family of 10 villages, united in preserv-
ing the land.”
“Plant With Purpose helps us partner to-
gether.”
One man quoted a Haitian proverb: “Men
anpil chay pa lou,” which translates to:
“many hands, the load is not heavy.”
Another man quoted a different Haitian
proverb that supports this same idea:
“Yen sel dwet pa manje kalalou. Yen sel nou
feb ansanm nou fo,” which translates to:
“One digit alone cannot eat ochre. We alone
are weak, together we are strong.”
Indeed, Plant With Purpose and the people
of Fonds-Verrettes are doing God’s work.
But they cannot do it alone. The congrega-
tion at St. Clement’s Episcopal Church in St.
Paul, MN is committed to supporting them
in their work. Together, we know we can do
great things.
Haiti Relief and Recovery
Project As Of 6.7.10:
• Provided 125 tons of food to over 2,000 fami-
lies.
• Distributed nearly 80,000 pounds of bean seed
SAVE THE DATE
to over 2,000 families.
Join us on Saturday, October 9th at 6 p.m.
• Employed nearly 2,000 farmers through our
at the La Jolla Marriott for an elegant din-
“Cash for Work” program.
ner and lively auctions at the Planting Hope
Planting Hope Gala
• Constructed 212 miles of soil conservation bar- Gala! This year will be particularly critical as
riers and planted 82,000 trees. we raise funds and awareness for our broth-
ers and sisters in Haiti. Visit our gala web
October 9, 2010
• Thanks to your generosity, we’ve raised nearly
$1 million!
TH page to view auction items and find out
more:
Three Ways you can San Diego Marriott La Jolla www.plantwithpurpose.org/page/76/auc-
tion-items.html.
Help Haiti:
We hope to see you there!
1 Pray
Pray that Plant With Purpose will be able to
give an appropriate response to the needs
of the victims of the earthquake, and for
protection against any perils the rainy sea-
son may bring.
2 Sponsor a Village
Sponsor a Village in Haiti and help trans-
form an entire rural community by empow-
ering them to create economic opportuni-
ty and to protect their greatest asset, the
land.
3 Give to long-term Haiti
recovery efforts
at www.plantwithpurpose.org.
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 Director’S CORNER
By Scott Sabin, Executive Director

There are so many excit- ple still live in makeshift camps, now with the but even in the countryside the situation is
ing things going on at Plant added misery of the rainy season, and the im- far from stable. According to data collected

Breaking News With Purpose. We are mov-

ing forward with plans to
pending hurricane season. by our team, the average number of meals
eaten by families we work with has dropped

Earth Day Fair a Success launch a new savings and

loan methodology in many
of our programs. Our pro-
Out in the countryside, where we are working
to provide jobs, rehabilitate watersheds, and
plant trees so that people can earn enough
from 2.7 meals a day in January to 1.4.

When I visited Haiti last month it was gratify-

gram in Burundi is nearing the completion of money to feed themselves, there are still tens ing to see fields full of green bean plants as
Our 20th year at the Balboa Park Earth Fair was the most successful year yet...
BY FAR! We raised $2,000 dollars, which is well over double what we raised
The Sower Issue #89 its pilot phase and the success of the work of thousands of “guests” from the city, hap- a result of the seed we distributed and hun-
The Sower is published quarterly there has exceeded our hopes. Our program py to have a place to stay other than the fetid dreds of people working to make the coun-
last year, and we also had a great article in the Earth Times Magazine, of which by Plant With Purpose. in Tanzania is working on a new grant to con- camps of Port au Prince. try a better place. But it is clear our work is
25,000 issues were distributed. People were wonderfully receptive to our mes- nect organic vegetable farmers (women whom far from done.
sage and were really energized to plant a tree for a buck, buy a t-shirt or a bag Editor-In-Chief we have trained) to local markets. Tending to I think often of the people I have met in the
of coffee, or slap an awesome ‘Plant Hope’ removable tattoo on their arm! Kate Nare Eden, my new book, is out and doing well. In work teams that we are funding. One such With the help of generous donors such as
the U.S., we are beginning the work on our person is Marie, a young nursing student yourself, we will continue to plant trees and
kate@plantwithpurpose.org
new strategic plan, so it is a time for visioning from Port au Prince who was wearing a knit construct erosion barriers to conserve soil,

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and dreaming as we discern where God might
have us five years from now.
cap that read “Jesus is My Boss” when I first
met her. She had a meeting on January 12th
improve crop yields, and protect farmers
from further disaster by restoring their land.
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But in many ways it all still feels overshadowed
by the events of January 12th. That was the
her classmates were killed. Now staying with
a friend in the countryside, she was doing ag-
and we hope to maintain this momentum.
Please join us in continuing our relief and
Our Haiti relief efforts are highlighted in
our work in Haiti, information about local Email: info@plantwithpurpose.org day of the earthquake in Haiti, and the day that ricultural work for the first time, planning to long-term recovery efforts in Haiti by donat-
the May / June issue of Relevant Maga-
events, and stories from the field. We are www. plantwithpurpose.org the lives of so many of our brothers and sisters use the money to buy food, and hopefully pay ing online at www.plantwithpurpose.org.
zine! Check it out at your local newsstand
blogging daily, and you can sign up to re- changed forever. As our response has become for her nursing practicum when things got bet-
or bookstore and find out why caring for Sincerely,
ceive updates at www.plantwithpurpose. Please consider including Plant With clearer and more organized, life in the U.S. has ter. She was just one of many that shared their
the environment will be key to Haiti’s re-
blogspot.com. Purpose in your wills and bequests. begun to get back to normal. However, just stories with me – happy to have a job, any job,
covery.
because Haiti is off the front page of the news, but facing an uncertain future.
it does not mean that life has gone back to nor-
mal in Haiti. Hundreds of thousands of peo- The situation is dire in much of Port au Prince, Scott Sabin

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 People
With
Purpose
Number of years working with Plant With
Purpose-Thailand:
5 years and 3 months
Job title:
Financial and Office Manager
Brief job description:
I’m in charge of office administration work,
and I also host guest groups who come to
visit our programs and learn more about
them.
How you became involved with Plant With
Purpose-Thailand:
Singkham, my husband’s cousin, worked at
the Upland Holistic Development Project,
(Plant With Purpose-Thailand’s sister com-
pany, UHDP) already and let me know about
an open position.
6 Formerly known as Floresta USA
Motivation for working with Plant With Pur-
pose-Thailand:
I come from the Karen hill tribe and so I under-
stand hill tribe people and would like to help
them in any way I can.
Favorite part of your job/ Plant With Purpose-
Thailand’s work:
I enjoy taking care of guests and preparing
food for guests and the staff.
Favorite Plant With Purpose-Thailand
memory/story:
Part of my responsibility is working with for-
eign volunteers and interns. I really enjoy talk-
ing with and watching volunteers show kind-
ness and love to all of the staff and adjust well
to life up at UHDP.
Hobbies/interests:
In my spare time I love to watch movies, take
care of my dogs, and work in my garden.
Name:
Rattaka Attawittikhan (Waa)
Birthplace:
Jem Noi Village, Chiang Mai
Province
Currently working in:
Thailand
Favorite books:
I enjoy reading books about history, the Karen
people, Thailand, and Burma.
Favorite quote:
“If I want to do something, even if I think I
can’t, I should try to do that.”
One or two unique/interesting facts
about you:
I’m usually talkative and friendly, but some-
times I like to spend time by myself and be
quiet.
As some of you may be aware, the political
situation in Thailand remains unstable. Please
pray for the political instability in Thailand and
for protection for the marginalized people
Plant With Purpose advocates for.
Volunteer Spotlight:
Faith Community Church
Faith Community Church in San Diego has been
a long-time supporter of Plant With Purpose. In
fact, Faith Community Church includes some of
Plant With Purpose’s very first supporters. Since
the early days, the church has been involved
on many levels. Pastor Mark Slomka is on our
board of directors, and some members of the
community have visited our programs or spon-
sor a village.
However, one of the most faithful and innovative
groups is the team that sets up and staffs a Plant
With Purpose table. Every Sunday, volunteers
set up a table at the church, like the one pictured
above, as a resource for people who would like
to learn more about our organization. They also
sell t-shirts and coffee, and to date have raised
thousands of dollars to support Plant With Pur-
pose’s programs.
Church member Rick Moncauskas conceived
the idea and has coordinated the effort for years,
and is one of the volunteers who takes a turn
running the table on Sundays. According to Rick, From left to right: Dirk Smith, Rick
“the idea for the table was to have Plant With Moncauskas, Emmett Pinney, and Terry
Purpose be at the top of people’s minds if they Moore at the Plant With Purpose Faith
should feel led to support mission work. Not ev- Community Church table.
erybody is ready to give to missions all the time,
but we want to be there if they are ready.”
“Not everybody is ready
Plant With Purpose’s Program Officer, Milmer
Martinez, first heard of Plant With Purpose about
to give to missions all
10 years ago when he visited the table at the the time, but we want
church. He approached the table for more infor-
mation, and after learning more decided that it
to be there if they
was an organization he wanted to become in- are ready. ”
volved with. Now Milmer oversees our Haiti and
-Rick Moncauskas
Oaxaca programs, and travels there a few times
a year to meet with communities and evaluate
If you are interested in hosting a
their progress.
Plant With Purpose table at your church,
Our partnership with Faith Community Church please contact:
has been a huge blessing, and we thank them
for their support over the years! corbyn@plantwithpurpose.org.
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Hope Gala at the La Jolla Marriott.

Nearly $1 million Raised

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work in Haiti.

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