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The Foundation for the Application and Teaching of Science (FUNDAEC) is a non-governmental organization founded in 1974 in Cali, Colombia. For more than 40 years, FUNDAEC has focused on building capacities in education, agriculture, community development, and local economies. By integrating action and research, FUNDAEC aims to transform daily practices and improve overall well-being.
TwoWings is a non-profit organization registered since 1996 in Linz, Austria. TwoWings supports small, sustainable education programs that have been established locally. The focus is on the promotion and development of educational opportunities for youth and children, girls and boys. The goal is to enable people to recognize individual strengths and to contribute to the well-being of the whole community. In this way, a better, united, peaceful world can emerge.
The TwoWings Foundation takes pride in supporting global education and tree-planting efforts through the Planting Hope program. Planting Hope currently supports the Fostering Business and Climate Action program in collaboration with FUNDAEC NGO in Colombia and the Environmental Health program in collaboration with the Inshindo Foundation in Zambia.
InshidoThe Inshindo Foundation, founded in 2007 and recognized by Zambian authorities, empowers youth for personal growth and community involvement. This Foundation introduced the Environmental Health Program-Tree Planting Project (EHP-TPP) in 2023 to champion environmental sustainability.
Our Vision
The accelerated deterioration of the environment and its effects on humans, plants, and animal species inspired the Planting Hope program. This initiative focuses on empowering local communities, especially girls and women, to create significant positive changes in their lives and the environment. By fostering employment opportunities, education, food security, strengthening social bonds, reforestation, and urban gardening, we aim to establish a sustainable, healthy, green, and more beautiful habitat.
As a result, through our educational programs and constant support, local people will have:
Environmental Benefits
Nature-based solutions to the environmental crisis,
Improvement in the air quality,
Biodiversity Conservation and ecosystem balance,
Reduction in damaging human footprints on the environment and more local nature restoration,
More beautiful neighborhood,
More soil conservation and less erosion,
Shade and Cooler temperatures by up to 10 degrees can prevent heat-related deaths in urban areas,
A home for many animal species and livestock food,
A better filter of water,
Slower storm surges and flooding.
Economic Benefits
Small family farms and agroforestry systems,
More sustainable development, independence and sustenance, and less unemployment,
More outdoor recreation and tourism attractions,
Plants with bio-active properties and pharmaceutical effects.
Social Benefits
Healthier, safer communities, and more capable children,
More education and awareness of the state of their local environment,
More united communities that can function with cooperation and reciprocity and acknowledge their unity,
A community that can evolve and increase its integration and efficiency.
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