Stories
Discover real-world stories of communities overcoming poverty and deforestation! Plant With Purpose, a Christian non-profit, shares examples of environmental sustainability and stewardship from all around the world. These stories show us how faith, resilience, and sustainable practices transform people’s lives as well as their environment. As rural families overcome poverty and heal the planet, embrace empowerment, renewal, and hope.
Tanzania
She Joined a Savings Group in Secret. It Saved Her Family
Haika’s Story For months, Haika attended a community savings group in Tanzania without her husband's knowledge. She saved what little money she could, determined to build a better future for her children. What began as a courageous step toward financial independence would eventually become her family's lifeline during a devastating medical crisis. Through a Plant […]
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Meditations, Sustainability
Eco-Discipleship: How God calls us to learn from nature
We often overlook the way nature teaches us about God It’s not uncommon to hear people explain how a little time in nature helps people feel closer to God. But the idea of spending time in nature as a spiritual discipline can still be startling for many people. Early theologians often argued that nature was […]
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Environmental Restoration, Ethiopia, Living Sustainably
Harmony in Ethiopia: Misganaw’s Story
In the steep, erosion-prone terrain of the Gota watershed in Ethiopia, economic survival for a family of five used to feel as fragile as the vulnerable topsoil. For Misganaw, his wife Almaz, and their three children, relying solely on unpredictable summer rains offered little security. Their turning point came in 2022, when they joined a […]
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Meditations, Sustainability
Loving your neighbor means protecting their ecosystem
The most important command about how we treat each other is clear: Love “Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law […]
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About Our Work, Mexico, Tanzania, Updates
How Community-Led Conservation Drives Watershed Restoration
Community Readiness Assessments Prepare the Way Over the next year, Plant With Purpose will launch programs focusing on watershed restoration in 9 new areas around the world. This exciting expansion is the result of strategic planning in partnership with the participants of the communities where we hope to work. Exactly how does this happen? It […]
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Environmental Restoration, Ethiopia, Sustainability
Hope Amidst Conflict
Farmers lead the healing of their watershed during uncertain times For almost three years, our U.S. Plant With Purpose staff were unable to visit our program partners in Ethiopia due to conflict in the Amhara region, which resulted in insecurity and severe travel restrictions. In fact, the airport was shut down only days after our […]
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Haiti, Mexico, Sustainability, Tanzania
Fathers Who are Growing Hope
Here in the United States, Father's Day often brings to mind backyard barbecues, fishing trips, sporting events, and time spent with family. These moments are worth celebrating. Yet beneath those traditions lies a deeper reality shared by fathers around the world. Most fathers carry a profound sense of responsibility. They want to provide for their […]
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About Our Work
Plant With Purpose Church Partnerships
If Plant With Purpose works at the intersection of rural poverty and environmental restoration, why do we partner with churches? It's a fair question. Today, Plant With Purpose has forged more than 1,578 church partnerships across nine countries. These partnerships are not an addition to our work, they are one of the reasons the work […]
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blog, Mexico
The Evidence of a Changed Life
In Mexico, one man’s journey reveals the deeper work of restoration When we share stories of your impact around the world, we often talk about things you can see and measure: poverty reduction, savings, thriving farms, and restored forests. But within every fertile farm and thriving savings group, lives are being renewed. Spiritual renewal isn’t […]
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About Our Work, Tanzania
When Mothers Rise, We All Rise.
How empowering women transforms families, communities, and the future One of the most powerful drivers of change in Plant With Purpose’s work around the world is the very intentional inclusion of women. In many rural communities, women carry enormous responsibility. They care for children, manage households, grow food, and often keep families together through hardship. […]
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About Our Work, Ethiopia
Welcome Belaynesh!
Meet our Ethiopia Country Director We are very excited to introduce you to one of our newest leaders at Plant With Purpose, Belaynesh Tesema—our Ethiopia Country Director! Belaynesh is not new to us, as she has been our Finance and Administration Manager for several years, and we are pleased to share that she was recently […]
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Living Sustainably, Malawi
HAVE FAITH. WORK HARD
Meet Patuma–A determined mother from Malawi In the quiet hills of Lwafwa, Malawi, a story of perseverance and restoration is unfolding. Patuma is a mother whose determination turned hardship into hope. Patuma is married and the proud mother of four school-aged children. For years, life was far from easy. Her husband had separated from her […]
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Dominican Republic, Sustainability
Marta: Dominican Republic – “I serve with love.”
"Relationships have changed a lot here,” Marta says. “Now there are several people who are entrepreneurs. Some have started small businesses. For example, my neighbor began by selling chickens at her house, but now she has a small store where she sells vegetables, produce, staples, rice, and many other things.” For Marta, community transformation has […]
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About Our Work, DR Congo, Environmental Restoration, Living Sustainably, Mexico
School Partnerships: Inspiring the Future Today
Many supporters of Plant With Purpose are familiar with how our work helps farmers restore their land and lift their families out of poverty. But what you may not know is that in many of our program watersheds, schools are also becoming powerful centers of restoration. Through local school partnerships, the next generation is equipped […]
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DR Congo, Environmental Restoration
Environmental Healing in the Kilibi Watershed
This Earth Month, we are excited to share stories of environmental stewardship happening around the world and to encourage you that when people come together, transformation is possible! Like most of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Kilibi watershed was once lush, teeming with wildlife and fertility. However, tree cutting for agriculture and charcoal […]
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