Institute of Community Forest Governance
Raise Guardians of the Green
Guardians of the Green
Help plant a native tree in Jharkhand, and helps train the Adivasi child who will protect it for three years.
Help plant a native tree in Jharkhand, and helps train the Adivasi child who will protect it for three years.
WHY THIS MATTERS
A third of India's forest land has no forest left on it. The forests that survive are the ones their communities protect.
In Saranda, one of Asia's largest sal forests, and along the Dalma elephant corridor, the canopy is thinning. Mining roads cut deeper every year, monsoon rains wash soil off bare slopes, and streams that fed villages are drying up.
For generations, Adivasi children grew up as the natural keepers of these forests, taught by their elders. Mining, migration and schooling far from home have weakened that bond. Guardians of the Green brings it back.
🌱 HOW IT WORKS
1. A tree is planted in your name: A native sal or mahua sapling is planted on community land in Jharkhand and geo-tagged so you can follow it.
2. A child becomes its guardian: A Santhal, Munda, Oraon or Ho child from the village pledges to care for that tree. For three years they learn from Sarna elders and ICFG's field team.
3. They graduate at Sarhul: Every year the children attend a three-day residential Bal Akhra camp. After three years, when the trees stand tall, they graduate at Sarhul, Jharkhand's spring festival of the flowering sal, as trained Guardians of the Green
WHAT YOU GET
A geo-tagged photo and map pin of your tree.
A geo-tagged info updated every year.
A promise: if your sapling doesn't survive, it is replanted, every year for three years.
A thank-you on behalf of ICFG and The Giving Circle Cause Champion.
An 80G receipt from ICFG for a 50% tax deduction.
WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES
₹1,000 · one tree, planted and protected for three years
₹5,000 · five trees
₹20,000 · a full grove of 20 trees: one child's journey from first planting to Sarhul graduation
₹1,00,000 · 100 trees and five Guardians of the Green
WHY IFCG
The Institute of Community Forest Governance was founded in 2006 - the same year the Forest Rights Act became law - and has spent two decades helping 2,000+ Adivasi communities claim and govern their own forests. Every tree planted sits on community-held land, cared for by a Self-Help Group, tracked by the gram sabha that owns it.
20 years on the ground | 2,000+ village organisations | 50+ workshops on forest rights
Credentials: 80G | 12A | CSR-1 | Partner: Jharkhand Forest Department | Endorsed by Sarna gram sabhas | Geo-tagged, annually audited.
✓ 20 years on the ground
✓ 2,000+ village organisations
✓ 80G and 12A registered
✓ Annually audited
✓ Partner: Jharkhand Forest Department
✓ Endorsed by Sarna gram sabhas
✓ Every tree geo-tagged, every lost sapling replanted
THE PLEDGE
💚 DONATE
One Grove, One Child, One Forest Kept Alive.
You save 50% in tax under Section 80G.
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By proceeding, you agree to share the information entered on this page with Institute of Community Forest Governance (ICFG). All donations to Institute of Community Forest Governance (ICFG) are eligible for 50% tax relief under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Section 80G allows a person to claim tax benefits on donations made to registered charitable institutions. To issue an 80G certificate, we need your name, email ID, phone number, and contact address, and PAN card number.