US nonprofit raised P2.9M to rehab mangroves in Yolanda hit areas
Senior officials of a nonprofit organization based in the US, which helps finance worldwide projects, took part in the planting of 5,000 mangrove propagules in a recent coastal-reforestation effort by the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) on Bantayan Island, Cebu.
GlobalGiving Director of Programs Britt Lake and Senior Unmarketing Manager Alison Carlman joined officers and members of Kangwayan Farmers Association plant the propagules in mangrove reserves in Barangay Kaongkod, Madridejos, said Jay Jaboneta, PBSP corporate affairs manager, on September 8.
GlobalGiving is helping PBSP generate funds for its ongoing reforestation project of over 30 hectares of mangrove areas in barangays Kaongkod and Malbago, two of the heavily damaged barangays in Madridejos, he said.