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Milestone Update: Community Support While We Build Toward the Clinic

What Happened This Month?

While the construction of the clinic is currently on hold, this month was far from inactive.
We shifted our focus toward direct community support, ensuring that momentum, trust, and impact continue in tangible ways.

Community Contributions & Direct Support

Donations to Black Jaguar Fencing – Supporting youth athletic development and discipline through sport.

• Multiple donations to El Puente

This month marked the transition from vision to physical foundation. The community library officially secured its space and began operational planning to transform it into a safe, educational, and community-centered hub.

Outputs

Infrastructure Outputs

• 1 secured and operationally assessed community space
• 4 windows ordered
• Clear infrastructure roadmap established

Community Outputs

• Volunteer base activated
• Local business outreach initiated

Education

This milestone represents more than participation — it represents activation.

What This Means

• 950 land stewards now equipped with digital carbon verification tools.
• Hundreds of hectares entering monitored reforestation and agroforestry pathways.
• Community members learning how to document tree growth, land restoration, and ecological outcomes using transparent, open-source infrastructure.
• A foundation for verifiable, high-integrity carbon assets rooted in smallholder stewardship.

Why This

In April, our team visited a local vanilla farm near Puerto Jiménez as part of our ongoing engagement with grassroots regeneration projects in the Osa Peninsula.

This visit was an opportunity to:

• Connect with local farmers practicing sustainable vanilla cultivation
• Understand the challenges and opportunities within value chain development in the region
• Explore potential partnerships for regenerative agroforestry and income diversification
• Deepen community relationships as part of the bioregional regeneration

We are thrilled to share that the local school XYZ has successfully planted 4,000 trees in collaboration with the Dhun Foundation! This achievement marks a significant step in our mission to regenerate the land and empower local communities. Through this initiative, the students not only learned about the importance of sustainability and conservation but also played an active role in restoring the environment around them.

These 4,000 trees will help combat soil erosion, improve air quality, and support biodiversity in the region.

We are excited to announce that the first 2000 trees have been successfully planted at Dhun Life! 🌱
This milestone was achieved in collaboration with the local farmers of the neighborhood, who played an integral role in the planting process. This is a significant step towards our commitment to regeneration and sustainable farming practices.

These trees will help enhance biodiversity, restore the local ecosystem, and contribute to the long-term environmental health of the area. We are thrilled to see such impactful

The Osa Territory Systems Map is a regenerative planning tool co-created with local communities, Indigenous leaders, government institutions, and civil society actors. Through a participatory process, this map visualizes the shared vision of a thriving regenerative economy, resilient ecosystems, and vibrant cultures in the Osa Peninsula.

It identifies key leverage points, structural barriers, and actionable opportunities that can shift the system toward long-term health for both people and the planet.