ReWrite Our Story
What’s the central component of the “ReWrite Our Story” Global Goals Initiative?
Through its unique “ Employ to Plant ” program, the ReWrite Our Story Global Goals Initiative provides both jobs and fair income for villagers living in extreme poverty. Since 2007, it has created sustainable livelihoods via the work involved in planting and protecting new mangrove forests — and in the process — has transformed lives and landscapes in these under-served communities. This innovative approach for simultaneously addressing the major humanitarian and environmental challenges of our time is also being leveraged as a holistic program to impact 12 of the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for our current and future generations.
In order to maximize the benefit for both people and planet, the island nation of Madagascar serves as the focal point for the on-the-ground activities of the ReWrite Our Story Global Goals Initiative. Madagascar has the third highest rate of extreme poverty in the world — 75% of people live off less than $1.90 a day. The population is also enduring the world’s first climate-induced famine. As the fourth largest island on earth, it is also classed as one of 17 mega-diverse countries. However, due to deforestation, more than 90% of the entire country’s forests have been destroyed. To further compound matters, at least 75% of the species found in Madagascar do not live anywhere else on Earth ! In short, the conditions in Madagascar combine to multiply several-fold the program’s potential benefits for the environment and human well-being. The primary and secondary benefits (supporting 12 of the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals) fall into the 4 key categories outlined on the next pages. Maximizing the Environmental and Humanitarian Impact for People & Planet
ReWrite Our Story is listied on the UN's own Partnership Platform as SDG Acceleration Action #47972 . How One Act Can Impact Extreme Poverty & Inequality
It supports the UN's vision of a more sustainable, and prosperous future by directly addressing 12 of the 2030 Goals in these 4 areas!
Poverty & Food Insecurity (Goals 1, 2, 3 & 6) Human Potential & Empowerment (Goals 4, 5, 8, 10) Climate Action &
Sustainability (Goals 12 & 13 ) Environmental & Wildlife Conservation (Goals 14 & 15 ) People
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