About
OUR MISSION
Assist in the protection, stewardship, and sharing of the world’s resources to promote the well being of the communities and environment we share.
Because in all fairness, there is enough.
Plenty was created to help protect and share the world’s abundance and knowledge for the benefit of all. As a not-for-profit 501-c-3 organization, Plenty’s objective is to support the efforts of people and communities to strengthen their economic self-sufficiency, cultural integrity and environmental responsibility.
We believe that the people most affected by outside aid programs should have the right to steer development efforts in their own communities. We consider projects to be most successful when they promote non-exploitative sustainable development and just relationships between people.
In its activities, Plenty seeks partnerships across cultures and generations with groups and individuals who share similar values. When heartfelt efforts are amplified by cooperation, together we can move closer to a more peaceful, fair, and equitable world.
What we do
- Assist community groups in projects promoting local food, water, energy, health and economic self-sufficiency
- Advance nutritional programs based upon environmentally sound plant-based diets
- Assist communities in disaster relief and recovery efforts
- Provide educational opportunities and experiences for young people to expand their environmental and cultural awareness and encourage healthy life choices
- Support medical programs that encourage local control and responsibility for community health, such as Primary Health Care and Midwifery training
Since 1974
Since 1974, hundreds of Plenty volunteers have worked in 19 countries on projects such as village-scale organic agriculture, food production and nutrition, potable water, cooperative small businesses, solar energy, communications, primary health care, disaster relief, Fair Trade crafts marketing, and ecotourism.
