By Mari Kuraishi | President, Co-Founder of GlobalGiving
The cherry blossoms are blooming here in Washington, D.C. and we're as excited to welcome the refreshing, breezy weather as you are. But do you know what's even more beautiful than Washington's world-famous cherry blossoms? That's right: the impact your donations are making for powerful nonprofits.
In March, 207 of you gave a total of $6,724 to support “Homeless Animals Hospital”, a project by Romania Animal Rescue, which provides veterinary care to homeless animals as well as the pets of impoverished people in Romania. In fact, our in-the-field traveler Kelly Z. visited recently!
This month, your donations are going to "Help Costa Rican Locals Care for 10,000 Mangroves", a project by Fundacion Neotropica in Costa Rica! Neotropica supports community groups in Costa Rica working for mangrove tree conservation.
From Karla, one of Neotropica's project leaders:
"We are very happy and honored for this opportunity! We work really hard every day to make a difference in our coasts, with local people. The Pacific part of our country, especially the south part in the Osa Peninsula, is one of the poorest (economically), but also, one of the richest (environmentally), and because of that we have devoted our work to it (for 30 years now!). Mangrove conservation can be a hard task, but it is very much needed to ensure nature conservation, climate change adaptation and human wellbeing."
Wondering how your donations will be used to support Neotropica this month? Karla didn't miss a beat when I asked her.
"With this donation we will be able to establish a new mangrove nursery in the Nicoya Gulf, and work a transfer process between fishermen from both sites, Osa Peninsula and Nicoya Gulf. This will allow us to start our conservation process in a completely new area and empower new local groups."
Thank you so much for your dedication and continued support of earth-changing projects like this Neotropica. Stay tuned to find out more about our next Project of the Month, drumming up change in Kenya!
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