Pupils of Savannah International Academy planting trees in the Nanton district
Savannah International Academy (SIA), a school in the Tamale Metropolis, has planted 1,000 trees in the Sahakpaligu community in the Nanton District of the Northern Region.
The initiative, according to the acting headmaster of the school, Felix Amoako, is part of the government “Green Ghana project” which is targeted at planting 5 million trees across the country to replenished the lost vegetation.
The Green Ghana Project seeks to mobilize citizens to plant trees, nurture them to maturity and contribute to the preservation of the country’s environment.
Speaking to the media, Mr Amoako explained that the SIA as an institution has been very conscious of the environment and that the school has developed a program to teach its students how to be conscious about the environment and things happening around them.
Mr Amoako said the project is very dear to their heart and that is why when they heard about the initiative, they quickly came into partnership with the forestry commission and the ministry of lands and natural resources to make the project a success in the region.
He advised the people of Tamale to be conscious about the environment, saying “last month, there was a strong wind that ravages the city, ripping off roofs, and also pulling down some walls.”
This according to him is a result of the fact that people cut down trees without replacing them and to make way for construction.
Mr Amoako noted that there is a need for people to plant more trees so that the trees would serve as windbreaks to protect houses from windstorms.
He however urged the public, schools, students, and parents to always replant trees they cut down in other to replenish the lost vegetation.
FROM Eric Kombat, Sahakpaligu