CHD Conservation Kenya on 5th June 2023, celebrated World Environment Day by participating in a tree-growing and environmental cleanup exercise at Lemong’o primary school. The event was attended by the entire school and members of the Namunyak women group, resulting in over 100 trees being planted on the school grounds.
Speaking during the event the headmaster of Lemong’o primary school, Mr Samson Njoroge, praised the initiative as being in line with the government’s efforts to restore tree cover across the country. He also noted that it helps to make pupils more environmentally conscious. The school’s Environment Club patron, Mr Newton, added that the tree-growing exercise fulfils the 8th national goal of education, which is to promote positive attitudes towards good health, environmental protection, preservation, conservation, and animal welfare for sustainable development.
In addition to planting trees, the event included a cleanup exercise of a nearby spring. Afterwards, members of the Lemong’o environment club headed to the Ol’donyo Musa campsite, where CHD has a sustainable green project consisting of a tree nursery and a model kitchen garden. There, they planted an additional 130 croton trees, launching a Miyawaki mini forest which is an afforestation technique that uses native species of trees to create dense multilayered forests.
Croton megalocarpus was chosen for the project because it is a fast-growing indigenous tree that is drought-resistant and can survive harsh climatic conditions without being browsed by animals. In the next five to seven years the trees will reach their full maturity transforming the face of the Amboseli ecosystem.
At CHD Conservation Kenya, we are grateful to pupils from Lemong’o Primary School for being part of the noble initiative and for demonstrating a profound understanding of the significance of trees in restoring and sustaining the Amboseli ecosystem.
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