On March the 22nd, colleagues and friends of the Guías de Padre Nuestro Association, from the National Park of the East (Parque Nacional del Este) and the La Romana – Bayahibe Tourism Cluster, invited FUNDEMAR to participate in a tree planting activity at the Padre Nuestro nature reserve near Bayahibe to celebrate World Water and Forest Day.
122 people were there! 50 kids and young people from the Bayahibe community’s program “Los Manantiales Me Importan” included! And also another group of kids from the “UMA Project” of the “Corazón a Corazón Foundation”.
First, they had a talk with all the volunteers about how much we all need to take care of nature and the importance of reforestation. Then, everybody learned the right process to plant a tree followed by a complete description about the plants: Olivo and Corazón de Paloma.
All the volunteers were divided in two teams, each with their own guides, and more than 800 trees were planted. Everybody was planting with so much enthusiasm!
At the end of the day, everybody enjoyed a delicious picadera sponsored by the hotels that were involved. And finally, after sharing this amazing experience, every volunteer got a participation certificate. What an incredible day for Mother Earth, Bravo!
About the La Romana – Bayahibe Hotels Association
The La Romana – Bayahibe Association was created in the year 2000 with the purpose to develop the La Romana – Bayahibe tourist sector, as well as promote environmentally-friendly practices to preserve natural resources and develop social programs destined to communities in nearby areas.
“Padre Nuestro” is a small area in the Parque Nacional del Este, located close by to the tourist areas of Bayahibe and Dominicus. Originally “Padre Nuestro” was a small village of 180 families who survived by hunting pigs, beekeeping and producing coal, however in 2003 the community was relocated outside of the National Park area and “Padre Nuestro” became a conservation center, where today visitors can take a 1.9km trail through the indigenous forest and discover a number of caves with underground lakes and Taini carvings and petroglyphs.
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