Water for Trees
by WILDTRUST
This project is raising funds to provide partnering communities in KwaZulu-Natal with safe drinking water, as well as to plant indigenous trees in community restoration areas. This will be done by bartering indigenous trees - grown by community growers - for water filtration, sanitation and storage products.
Access to water is a basic right in South Africa. Yet, for many people, this right remains elusive, especially when it relates to reliable access to clean drinking water. The recent closure of beaches in KwaZulu-Natal due to poor water quality of rivers flowing into the sea, has drawn attention to the poor state of river health, the primary source of water that most rural communities depend upon. Climatic events, such as the 2022 floods illustrated the poor state of municipal water infrastructure and the need to act against the drivers of global climate change.
The WILDTRUST has a long history of growing and planting indigenous trees to mitigate the impacts of climate change. Indigenous trees, planted in the right areas pull carbon from the air and assist other efforts to prevent global temperatures from rising.
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Urbanus Robert Ueckermann donated R849.84 to
Water for Trees 2 hours, 11 minutes ago
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Lucriesha Naidoo donated R107.72 to
Water for Trees 7 hours, 50 minutes ago
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Christopher Petrus Booysen donated R640.76 to
Water for Trees 3 weeks ago
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Jeremy Pierce donated R756.06 to
Water for Trees 3 weeks, 3 days ago
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Anonymous donated R134.76 to
Water for Trees 4 weeks ago
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Msawenkosi Welcome Gomba donated R264.04 to
Water for Trees 1 month ago
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Bianca Jacob donated R3000.00 to
Water for Trees 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Susan Lebohang Kone donated R420.34 to
Water for Trees 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Venesia Yolandia Willemse donated R384.39 to
Water for Trees 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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Allocated R5 to
Water for Trees 2 months ago
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Anton Griessel donated R449.42 to
Water for Trees 2 months, 1 week ago
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Wilhelm Coetzer donated R2274.29 to
Water for Trees 2 months, 3 weeks ago
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Christiaan Daniels donated R712.43 to
Water for Trees 2 months, 3 weeks ago
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Anonymous donated R407.83 to
Water for Trees 3 months ago
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Anonymous donated R891.11 to
Water for Trees 3 months, 1 week ago
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Allocated R5 to
Water for Trees 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Someone shared on social media
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Rajan Pooran donated R1308.33 to
Water for Trees 3 months, 3 weeks ago
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Allocated R5 to
Water for Trees 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Someone shared on social media
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Allocated R5 to
Water for Trees 3 months, 3 weeks ago
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Jean-Pierre Du Plessis donated R244.56 to
Water for Trees 3 months, 3 weeks ago
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Funded to date:
R 13,555
Funding goal: R 317,925
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