Report on “Mobilize 16 schools into active ‘environmental protection clubs’ including tree planting”

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Regarding ‘Environmental Protection through Expanding Lemon grass growing and Education in Uganda’, this is the second report of 2nd year of this project.

Environmental protection club in the tree planting at school

This time, ‘Activity 1.7 Mobilize 16 schools into active ‘environmental protection clubs’ including supporting them plant 100 trees per school (fruit trees)’ were carried out on June to Sep 2018.

16 environmental protection clubs were created and these clubs are made up of 20 children each school.

Roles of these clubs

• School based clubs provide an excellent opportunity to foster environmental education and champion environmental responsibility that the formed environmental protection clubs will be the lead teams when it comes to issues concerning the environment in their respective schools.
• These clubs provide best ways of teaching their fellow young about environmental issues and carry out waste management, soil conservation, and tree plantation.
• These clubs are creating awareness, advocacy, conservation, maintenance of school environment, and have brought unity in the schools.

SORAK staff participated in launching the tree planting

Children showcase the tree seedlings

Outcome by the club activities is positively impacting the environment by tree planting and are sensitizing their fellow pupils in hygiene and proper waste management.

School based environmental protection clubs were successfully formed and they promised to work hand in hand with SORAK, school management committee to keep an open eye on the environment.

You can find the details in the reports below,

Activity 1.7 Mobilize 16 schools into active environmental protection clubs

*This project is supported by Japan Fund for Global Environment of the Environmental Restoration (JFGE) and by Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency (ERCA)

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