By Njodzeka Gilbert Njodzeka | Coordinator
Green Care Association gets “Climate Justice Ambassadors”
Green Care Association(GCA) in partnership with Plant –for –Planet organisation recently organized an event with three Primary schools in Shisong. The schools include Catholic Primary School Shisong, Government primary School Shisong and Government Primary School Bamgam. Assistance was given to the event by Teachers of the these schools, GCA staff and some other community volunteers. A total of 70 pupils attended. Apart from planting 200 trees at the Ndzenshwai water catchment donated by GCA, lessons were presented on world distribution of wealth, Population and industrialization by the German volunteer Pauline attached to GCA who doubled as co-moderator of the Plant-for-Planet academy. Group work also featured during presentations in which each group was developed its plan of action.
At the end of the event participants received a book each on Climate Change and Certificate as” Climate Justice Ambassadors”
The event was graced with the presence of the Deputy Mayor for Kumbo Council, parents of Pupils and many German Volunteers in and around Kumbo. The pupils and their Teachers left the event very satisfied. The Deputy Mayor happily declared “Kumbo is privileged to host the event, and I remain very proud being part of the story”
The Plant-for-Planet is an international Children’s initiative to support the Billion –Tree- Campaign of the United Nations Environment Program with a goal of planting 1,000billion new trees by 2020, GCA is very proud of putting to use Global Giving funds to compensate for the trees planted and other expenditures even though there is still need to plant more.
By Njodzeka Gilbert Njodzeka | Coordinator
By Njodzeka Gilbert Njodzeka | Coordinator
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