Adopt a Chocolate Tree
for Valentine's Day! A Chocolate Tree adoption
certificate makes the perfect V-day gift for that
special eco-conscious friend or relative.
Please
note: if you are giving your adoption as
a give, please make sure to tell us in the PayPal
“Message to Seller” box the name of the
person you would like printed on the certificate.
For guaranteed delivery by February 14th
please order by January 31st for US orders
or January 26th for International orders.
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With a little help, chocolate may save
Ecuador's rainforest.
Cacao, the fruit from which chocolate is made, has been
cultivated by the inhabitants of the Amazon rainforest for
decades. Cacao is the ideal agricultural commodity for the
rainforest because it's a shade-grown, understory crop -
it depends on the rainforest canopy for its survival.
FUNEDESIN recognized the importance of
cacao several years ago and has been working to establish
it as the principal income producer in Ecuador's northern
Amazon rainforest ever since. In 2000, the Foundation created
Yachana Gourmet
, a green company designed to purchase cacao at Fair
Trade prices and produce a unique chocolate product, known
as Yachana Jungle Chocolate.
As long as the region's people can earn a living by cultivating
cacao they will not have to turn to logging and cattle ranching,
the two biggest threats to the remaining rainforest.
When you Adopt a Chocolate Tree, you receive:
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A Certificate of Adoption. This certificate
acknowledges your important contribution to the future
of Ecuador’s rainforest and the wellbeing of its people.
The certificate is suitable for framing.
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Yachana Jungle Chocolate. Along with
your Certificate of Adoption, we send you two boxes
of our delicious Fair Trade Yachana Jungle Chocolate.
- Discounted Jungle Tours. Participants in the Adopt a
Chocolate Tree program receive a 10% discount off of the
regular price of Yachana
Lodge tours during the one year term of the adoption.
In addition to receiving these great gifts,
you can rest a little easier knowing that you've helped
the impoverished inhabitants of Ecuador's rainforest and
done your part to protect the Earth's biological heritage.
Your adoption supports FUNEDESIN's community-based Biodiversity
Fund. Indigenous and colonist communities own the tropical
forest around FUNEDESIN's Protected Rainforest. Women's
committees in each of these villages manage a Biodiversity
Fund that directly protects thousands of acres of tropical
rainforest.
$49 Commitment - Certificate of Adoption,
2 bags of Yachana Jungle Chocolate, Yachana Gourmet and
FUNEDESIN educational video, and 10% discount off of the
regular price of Yachana Lodge tours. Click on the icon
below to make a $49 commitment.Click on the Adopt a Chocolate
Tree Icon below to pay using Paypal's segure online payment
system.
If you would prefer to pay by check, please
send a check made out to "FUNEDESIN" in the amount
of $55 ($49 + $6 shipping and handling*) to:
Friends of Funedesin
P.O. Box 35
Mascoutah, Illinois 62258
If you have any questions, comments, and/or concerns regarding
our Adopt a Chocolate Tree Program, please email us at info@funedesin.org
*Delivery takes 4 - 6 weeks.
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