Call to action: let´ s save a mountain forest in Cameroon! Charity giveaway + special photocontest for 10 SBD!
Hello fellow Steemians,
I was recently contacted by @martin.mikes, the project manager and coordinator of the non-profit organization @kedjom-keku, and asked for some help with their conservational efforts in Cameroon.
I think Steemit has a tremendous potential in charity and it is really easy to help where the help is needed through this platform as it can serve as a great fund-raising tool.
With that said, I am really happy to give @martin.mikes my helping hand so I decided to dedicate this post to his amazing project.
Let me first briefly introduce you to @martin-mikes and his activities.
His non-profit organization @kedjom-keku was founded with the aim to save remaining fragments of the Abongphen Highland Forest in Cameroon. Rivers and lakes of the forest are a source of drinking water for millions of people and it is also the natural habitat of the most threatened chimpanzee subspecies, the Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee, as well as hundreds of other endemic species of the surrounding mountains, the Bamenda Highlands. Due to the unsustainable development practices, the forest currently covers only 2% of its original area so conservation efforts are needed desperately to keep it alive.
Source: Pexels (Creative Commons)
There are also many other charity and conservational projects that @martin.mikes is involved in Africa so make sure to check his websites http://kedjom-keku.com/en/ for more information.
Now this is where you, my fellow Steemians, can engage and provide some of the so much needed help. There are actually several ways for you to help (other than donating directly on the websites, of course).
Uvpote this post with as much Steem Power as you can
Yep, that’s right. All of the Steem Dollars that I will receive from the reward of this post, will be sent to Martin´s fund-raising bot @treeplanter and used for planting new trees in the forest. So please, be generous! The money will go to a good cause.Start using the voting bot @treeplanter
@martin.mikes and his organization @kedjom-keku created a special fund-raising voting bot @treeplanter. For each dollar you send to @treeplanter, one tree will be planted in the forest. The bot usually upvotes your post with about twice the worth of your donation. So you basically plant trees by getting paid for that. Pretty awesome, right?Delegate a part of your Steem Power to @treeplanter
The bot currently has just something over 20,000 SP which is not enough to meet the huge demand so delegating some SP to the bot will be highly appreciated.
And finally, the contest! I think it is also a great opportunity to come up with another special photocontest for you, my Steemit friends and followers.
The theme of the photocontest is, symbolically, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TREE.
The rules are simple:
- Only your own photo. Plagiarism will be flagged!
- Only one submission per person.
- Add a short (30-50 words) description of the photo.
The contest will be closed in seven days (on next Tuesday) and @martin.mikes himself will pick the winner who will receive 10 SBD from me.
You can start submitting your entries in the comment section below. Good luck to all competitors and please, remember to upvote this post, all of the SBD from the reward will be used for saving a mountain forest in Cameroon!
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Tomas
CEO & Founder of CGH
I would like to participate in this contest by sharing this picture,
This is picture which i clicked in Chitwan National Park when we went there for jungle.It is located in Chitwan,Nepal As you can see in this picture is a tree a is in middle of road for safari..It was a great forest as you can see..Many animals are found here and it is the one of most dense forest of Nepal..
I hope everyone likes it..
Thank you for this opportunity..@czechglobalhosts
Happy to see you entering the contest and supporting this wonderful charity project!
Oh this is so cool. I visited Chitwan national park for part of the Nepal tourism master plan a few years ago. I loved this park very much.
Oh that is great. Hope you enjoyed it.
It is a very famous quote,
I see @martin.mikes is doing a great job,
Trees are really benefits for humans,
WE are getting Fresh airs from them,
We are getting Fruits from them.
Well I can't donate any amount for now, but i will take part in this contest, and if i won, I"ll Donate that money to @martin.mikes for his good work <3
Thanks :)
Glad to hear you would donate the winning price back to the @treeplanter!
yeah :)
I really can't explain my feeling those who in need of help,
I really want to help people with my full passion,
As for now i'm finding difficulties.
but YOU WILL SEE MY NAME in the future in charity works.
This is the Tree Dragon, the symbol of the Canary Islands. The biggest and oldest Dragon Tree is located in Icod del Vinos on Tenerife but we found this Dragon tree just outside the town we lived in and it actually looks even bigger than the one in Icod del Vinos. To put the size of the tree in perspective - the pink dot is me.
P.S. Veľmi sa mi páči ako si sa nadchol a podporuješ tento krásny projekt, i keď by si vôbec nemusel. Klobúčik dolu, Tomaš;) Steem on!
Dekuji, much appreciated! Snad takovych projektu bude jn pribyvat:).... Have a great day and thank you for supporting this cause.
Resting on the southern coast of the Crimea I met a very rare, high pine. It grows alone in the vicinity of the village of Veseloe. The rest of the trees there are low because of the hot and dry climate and lack of fresh water on the peninsula.
Thank you for your entry and support of this project. Truly appreciated. Tomas
Posting this photo of the tree as per SPECIAL CALL by @czechglobalhosts >READ POST HERE<
Shot early morning while on the way from Palanga airport to Klaipeda (Lithuania). Was lucky to have my camera with me and just to be at the right place and right time to catch rising sun and this lonely tree
Reading the story about bad situation with Cameroon forests, just have a feeling this photo can symbolize a NEW BEGINNING if we all would support the initiative
Enjoy it!
https://steemit.com/photofeed/@axeman/25ujeb-the-beginning
The banyan tree is a native to Lord Howe Island, it is a strangler fig that begins it's life in the canopy of the host tree. Once it's roots reach the ground it enlarges and strangles the tree, eventually becoming it's own freestanding tree.
Very happy to see your entry in this contest as well. Thank you for your support of the project. Tomas
Black and white shot of a tree in the middle of the summer somewhere in Lithuania. I used a very wide angle lens to capture the most of it, but it did not fit in 15mm at full frame camera. I would say it is quiet extraordinary point of view and tree looks really interesting. What do You guys think?
Thank you so much for your participation and support of this project!
So I think this tree is perfect for this post. It is growing in a crack on a rock, when I first saw it while on Penang Island in Malaysia I thought it was really cool. I even called my friend over to show him it.
Also, in the event that this wins, the winnings can go to the charity, @czechglobalhosts has done so much for me on steemit that this can go to a good cause.
Glad to see your participation in this challenge too. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for supporting this project! Tomas
Last summer in the center of Athens at Plaka, me and my brother we were walking around the museums. At some point we wanted to get some rest and this beautiful little park at the back of the museum was the best resort for our break!
The scenery was so beautiful that we even took some pictures.
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What do you think? Trees are beautiful, aren't they?
They sure are:)
This is my favourite tree photo that I have ever taken and so I'd like to use it as my entry for this contest. I found that tree in the small village of Flamingo, that is located deep inside the Everglades Nationalpark in Florida. I hope you like it! 🙂
Thank you so much for your support and participation.