Trees For The World
Trees For The World (TFTW) is an international Scouts Messengers of Peace project for Scouts around the world, in which each Scouts will plant a tree on the Saturday after Earth Day.[1]
History
The idea of Trees For The World started during the First Interamerican Leadership Training, with delegates of Argentina, Canada, Curaçao, Ecuador, Honduras, Panama, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and USA brainstorming about the common problems that strikes their nations. After a consensus, the creation of a long-term project that involved the Scouts of the world to spread a culture of peace and at the same time give an impact on their community was created.[2]
In September 2014, Trees For The World received a Messengers of Peace Hero Award.[3]
Organizing Committee
The Trees For The World Organizing Committee (TFTWOC) (Spanish: Comité Organizador de Árboles Para El Mundo, COAPEM), founded in February 2014, is the group of Scouts involved in organizing and promoting the project. There are currently 12 TFTWOC members from 10 countries from the Interamerican Scout Region.
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| Name | Country | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Damián Bacarini |  Argentina
|
Active |
| Marlissa Moro |  Canada
|
Active |
| Dulvanca Hansen |  Curaçao
|
Active |
| Alejandra Pazmiño |  Ecuador
|
Active |
| Alejandro Discua Dubon |  Honduras
|
Active |
| Tomás Arias |  Panama
|
Active |
| Yohanie Khalifa Alexander |  Saint Lucia
|
Inactive |
| Lemuel Providence |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
Inactive |
| Chris Harloff |  United States of America
|
Active |
| Todd Christian | United States of America
|
TFTWOC Advisor |
| Hilario Contreras | United States of America
|
TFTWOC Advisor |
| Carlos Córdova |  Venezuela
|
Active (Member Since Dec. 2014) |
Trees For The World 2014
Trees For The World 2014 was open from April 26th to September 27th, 2014. A total of 14,645 Scouts from 24 countries planted a total number of 57,161 trees.
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| Country | # Participants | # Trees |
|---|---|---|
 Brazil
|
50 | 100 |
| Canada
|
30 | 251 |
 Colombia
|
1,364 | 1,890 |
| Ecuador
|
4,500 | 23,000 |
 Ethiopia
|
1,200 | 5,000 |
| Honduras
|
254 | 420 |
 India
|
66 | 134 |
 Ivory Coast[4]
|
20 | 40 |
 Mauritius
|
4 | 4 |
 Mexico
|
464 | 5,984 |
 Montenegro[5]
|
250 | 2,500 |
 Morocco[6]
|
30 | 12 |
 Nicaragua
|
130 | 1,700 |
| Panama[7]
|
724 | 637 |
 Peru
|
11 | 1,000 |
 Philippines[8]
|
127 | 127 |
 Portugal
|
20 | 20 |
 South Africa
|
1 | 1 |
 Sri Lanka
|
21 | 21 |
 Taiwan
|
125 | 110 |
 Thailand
|
95 | 95 |
 UK
|
7 | 7 |
| USA[9]
|
202 | 1,098 |
| Venezuela
|
4,950 | 13,010 |
| Total | 14,645 | 57,161 |
External links
Trees For The World Facebook Page
References
- ^ http://markaray.wordpress.com/2014/02/14/trees-for-the-world/
- ^ https://www.dropbox.com/s/0tg7uommiqp8w1k/TreesForTheWorld.pdf
- ^ http://scout.org/node/46364
- ^ http://scout.org/node/29051
- ^ http://www.scouts.org.me/vijesti?vestid=87&language=crnogorski
- ^ http://scout.org/es/node/28756
- ^ http://scout.org/node/29712
- ^ http://scout.org/node/32215
- ^ http://scout.org/node/32280