Kenya Industrial Estate (KIE) has urged schools to encourage learners to be given opportunity to be tree planting ambassadors in their respective institutions to curb the effects of climate change.
KIE regional manager Rhoda Adolwa while conducting the tree planting exercise at Friends Malava Comprehensive School, stressed the need to have school going children be actively involved in nature conservation through encouraging them to participate in tree planting exercise, adding that this will see the 15Billion trees target be attained by the year 2032as directed by the government.
“Schools and other institutions of learning are the best places to initiate this massive tree planting exercise as it will encourage the learners to take up the practice to their homes and also embrace it fully as they will have known its importance. The country has a target that needs to be attained, and once reached will restore its forest cover,” she said.
“Kenya industrial estate Kakamega county branch has visited both Amalemba and Malavai comprehensive schools in both Lurambi and Malava constituencies where we have donated 500 trees per school for planting purposes, as part of 1500 trees to be planted this financial year, and we are optimistic that next year we will grow our target to cover a wider area,” Adolwa added.
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The manager hinted that they were keen on greening the county as trees were important as they are a symbol of the growth and potential, and they are considering that environmental, safety and protection was part of their corporate social responsibilities
She added that they were also supporting the small micro enterprises improve their businesses including putting up tree nurseries among other environmental safety programmes.
The Friends Malava comprehensive school Principal Evans Mmera while receiving the delegation from Kenya Industrial Estate who paid his school a visit, lauded the exercise as it was in line with mitigating the aspects of climate change.
He pointed out the importance of trees towards a clean and safe ecosystem and urged the learners to take up tree planting and nursery creation as the next serious business as far to climate change is concerned.
“We are honored to be considered for this occasion and as the Kenya industrial estate team coming to engage us in tree planting exercise, we as a school have our own target of planting 2,000 trees this year and already we have planted 500 and by July our nursery seedlings will be ready for transplanting and I want to encourage more stakeholders to partner with us in greening our county,” he paused.
By WAKHUNGU ANDANJE
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