Ministry of Education with the support of Arbor Day Foundation and One Vision Kenya has initiated a tree planting program, across 15 schools in Migori County.
The program dubbed: ‘School Greening Program’ will see schools from five wards; Kwa, South Kanyamakago, Central Kamagambo, Masaba and Macalder Kanyarwanda wards in Migori benefit from the initiative.
According to the initiators, the program aims to educate learners on the significance of tree planting, environmental conservation and the negative impacts of climate change through tree planting.
Speaking during the launch of the program at Asar Johanson Comprehensive School in Migori town, the director of One Vision Kenya, Victor Ogindo outlined that they target three schools from each of the five wards mentioned across the entire county.
By Beryl Akinyi and Dadius Ontiri
