The State Department of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) will partner with Rotary Club in Kenya to plant 1 million trees to commemorate 100 years of existence to the education sub-sector.
The Rotary Governor for Kenya, Joe Kamau while speaking during the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) to plant trees at Kabete National Polytechnic where the sub-sector marked their 100 years of existence, revealed that they are looking to grow the trees at different TVETs institutions before the end of this year.
The tree planting programme which involves the Kenya Forest Service as the partner is dubbed as “Plant Your Age Balance Campaign” and majorly targets the TVET institutions.
“Under the Plant Your Age Balance Campaign, individuals will plant the number of trees remaining in their age to get to 100. For instance, if one is 40, they would plant 60 trees,” Kamau noted.
Kamau added that the organization has provided enough varieties of tree seedlings which include fruit trees in supportive of food security.
He said that the trees will be planted in the 238 public TVETs spread across 47 counties.
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“We are in agreement with the Deputy Director of the State Department of TVET’s, Environmental section, to use the institutions’ unused land for tree planting guided by the Kenya Forest Service,” he said.
The primary goal of the club Initiative, he narrated was to promote environmental conservation by safeguarding natural resources, fostering the development of sustainable energy sources, and reducing pollution to minimize adverse impacts on the environment.
He revealed that the organization is seeking to help approximately 50,000 needy students enrolled in various courses in all TVET institutions in the country.
“As Rotarians we are committed by giving back to the community and fostering positive change hence our plan to ensure that we support needy students in our TVET institutions, by paying their school fee, as they maybe the future rotary members,” he added.
By Michael Opiyo
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