Understanding Where We Come From
Mama Toto’s Iboga Plantation
A vision received in dreams. A sacred root. An invitation to deepen your relationship with the plant called a teller of truth.
A WOMAN WITH A DREAM
Mama Toto received a vision.
In a small village near Lambaréné, Gabon a powerful spiritual leader was shown by her ancestors what she must do: establish an Iboga plantation on her land — restoring balance, generating income for her village, and keeping the sacred root in the hands of those who have always held it.
THE SACRED WOOD
What is Iboga?
The Bwiti hold Iboga as a teller of truth — consulted for its timeless wisdom and guidance.
A plant native to the Congo Basin, central to the Bwiti tradition where it is known as "the sacred wood." Many people outside this tradition describe Iboga as a psychedelic, or as plant medicine for its capacity to heal trauma and addiction. While the Bwiti sometimes speak of Iboga as medicine, this is only one of the many ways it is woven into the fabric of their lives.
If you've been one of the fortunate few to sit with this plant, you know something of what it offers. But the story of the root bark didn't start during your ceremony. It began years before — in the soil of Gabon. From a seed to a seedling, to a plant deepening its roots — until the day it was harvested, crossed an ocean, and traveled thousands of miles to meet you.
The Vision
4,444 Iboga seedlings planted on 1 hectare of Mama Toto's land in Gabon — legally compliant and traceable.
Cultivated and stewarded by Indigenous women. Decision-making authority held entirely by village leadership.
A perpetually-renewing, sustainable land-based income stream — meeting the world's growing demand.
A gift from the Bwiti to humanity — Iboga grown on Mama Toto's land moves through the world.
THE MAGIC OF 4
4,444
SACRED SEEDLINGS
$44,444
INVESTED IN THE GROUND
$444,444
FIRST HARVEST RETURN
Four is the number of the earth — of the four directions, four elements, four seasons. It is the number of foundations built to last.
4444 is understood across traditions as a message from ancestors — the work is held, those who came before are guiding us forward.
Plant your name in Gabon.
For $100, your name is planted into the soil alongside the seedling you made possible. Tended by the same hands, warmed by the same sun, held by the same earth as the sacred root itself.
When 4,444 seedlings find 4,444 sponsors, this project is not only fully funded — it becomes a living record of every person who said yes to a deeper relationship with this plant. A forest of names and roots, growing together.
Your name will live in Gabon. That is not a metaphor. That is real.
ALAHNE’S DIFFERENTIATION
We give with trust, not based on outcomes.
Most funding requires reporting and metrics, asking communities to adapt their way of being. We know the wisdom is already there. Our role is to resource it — without imposing our definitions of success.
Mama Toto's plantation is led by the Indigenous people of Gabon. Their knowledge of this land, this root, and this tradition runs deeper than any report could measure. We do not ask them to prove their wisdom in our language. We show up, we listen, we resource — and we trust.
True abundance is not a metric. It is a relationship. It is showing up in the village, staying long enough to understand the rhythm of the place, and leaving something behind that belongs entirely to those who teach us — through the way they live — what it means to belong to the earth.
An Invitation to Plant.
What begins as a seed becomes a forest. The forest sustains itself.
This story started in the forest of Gabon, in the dreams of a powerful woman, in the roots of a sacred plant which has quietly held the wisdom of humanity for longer than memory serves. It is known in the Bwiti tradition that Iboga calls the few. Are you one of them?