Problem Statement:

More than 5,000 square kilometers of forests and vegetation has been devastated in Venezuela in the last 15 years. Illegal mining is accelerating deforestation in Venezuela due to induced-fires.

Target Group:

Venezuelan forests and people.

Proposed Solution:

Trees for Caracas was a project led by our Shaper, biologist Genesis Yanez, that consisted of a three-day training in reforestation methods and in the actual reforestation of an area affected by an induced-fire in Caracas, Venezuela.

Hub Activities:

1,500+ trees were planted in the Universidad Simon Bolivar's Ecological Reserve as a result of this activity.

Short & long-Term Goals/Results:

- Number of Shapers participating in the project: 7

- Number of planted trees directly: 97

- Total of trees planted: 1,114

- Number of Shapers trained: 6 

- Number of people trained out of the Shapers Community: 10

Collaborators:

The Caracas Hub participated in this project along with the organizations SADARBOL, Guardaparques USB, Todos Por el Futuro, and Ideas Inquietas.