for our forests.
Sharing stories that serve our home and our people.
We’re For the Future—a grassroots, youth-led NGO based in the Philippines. We work with Indigenous partner communities who are at the forefront of restoring and protecting their ancestral lands. Together, we co-create programs to reforest lands, educate the youth, and support climate affected communities.
Our ultimate goal is to support and equip the next generation of Indigenous leaders to lead our archipelago 🌏
How it started
For the Future started from a simple idea: If we could get everyone we knew to plant a tree, we'd have a whole forest by now. 7 years later, we still believe in the power of community as a vessel for the change we want to see in the world.
Today, we are a group of young changemakers who are managing projects from reforestation, typhoon relief, to education. All in line with the mission to empower, decolonize, and forward our right to a healthy and just future.
What can we become when we remember who we are?
We learned that building a better future is more than just about planting trees—it's about our people, culture, communities, and the thread that weave our islands together as an archipelago.
We continue to weave and invest in cultural and creative aspects into all of our projects-- from reforestation, education, and typhoon relief.
Projects
In the Press
You don't need to be anyone else to be able to change the world.
Our team members all come from different roots but are committed to the same goal: making helping accessible for you, so you can easily support and empower our partner communities.
We hope to simplify the first step towards making your difference for our world. That by telling the stories of our friends, we in turn get more people to listen, then to act.
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