Love Tropics 2026: Working with Seacology to help Barangay Dulao

▶Where is the money raised going to?

Two projects in a small rural village in the Philippines called Barangay Dulao.

▶Protect the forests surrounding their community by establishing a rotating forest patrol with designated community wardens. These patrols will collect seedlings to plant in deforested areas, maintain firebreaks, and enforce slash-and-burn bans.

▶Provide clean electricity for schools, health clinics, and community halls through installation of a new solar power system. This solar energy - with the existing hydro system in the village - will power 60 households or around 300 people. It will also provide electricity service to a village kindergarten, elementary school, health clinic, a place of worship, and the local government office.

▶What is our donation target?

US $35,000 fully funds the initiative in Barangay Dulao.

▶Charity Info: Seacology

Website: https://seacology.org

Mission: Protect threatened island ecosystems all over the world. They do that by working directly with communities, helping them to preserve their cultures and improve their lives while saving precious island habitats.

▶Additional info, for the curious

▶Seacology works with a local nonprofit partner, SIBAT, to install community-based renewable energy systems in underserved regions of the country. Green Empowerment, which provides technical help, has partnered with SIBAT for years and has been part of many successful Seacology projects in Southeast Asia.

▶This is Seacology’s 39th successful project in the Philippines. They have worked in the country since the year 2000, helping communities protect more than 40,000 acres of threatened island habitat.

▶Forests cover 90% of the area around the village and are home to several critically endangered species, including the Philippine eagle, the Luzon cloudrunner, and the parasitic plant Rafflesia.

▶The community has banned tree-cutting and hunting on about 25 acres of forest since 1995. Now, this project will help them greatly expand the protected area.