The Journal
Transparency, bio-construction and fieldwork in Huila. The real stories behind every project.
TransparencyIn 2025, 18,000 USD — 12% of what the foundation received — went to accounting, legal filings in two countries, and hosting. What that line pays for, and why we publish it instead of hiding it.
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FieldworkOne slope on the estate in Huila, photographed from the same spots before and after a season of soil work and planting. What the two sets of images show — and what they cost.
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TransparencyIn 2025, Foundation Phoenix received 150,000 USD. Here is how that sum was allocated across the five pillars and operations — management figures, ahead of the audited statement.
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StrategyQ4 2025 closed with every pillar funded and the 2026 program secured. What continues this year — and why this article contains no targets.
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DonationsFrom pledge to receipt, a donation to Phoenix follows a deliberately simple path, and no card data ever touches the site. Here is each step, and what French tax rules currently provide.
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RegenerationThe seedling nursery began in the second quarter of 2025 as a handful of raised beds on the Huila estate. A year on, it is a working nursery whose native seedlings now feed the wildlife corridor.
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RegenerationIn the third quarter of 2025, a planting on the Huila estate joined two forest fragments that had been separated for years. Here is what a corridor is, why it matters, and how this one was built.
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Bio-constructionWhy Foundation Phoenix builds with guadua, a native bamboo of the Colombian Andes, and how the eco-responsible infrastructure pillar — 30,000 USD, 20% of 2025 funds (management figures, not yet audited) — pairs construction with autonomous water systems.
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CommunityIn the second quarter of 2025, a first group of women from Rivera began paid training in nursery work and ecological restoration. Here is why the word “paid” matters as much as the word “training”.
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