Mr. Matthew Nyannube Yosah, YPWC’s MDGs Co-ordinator, led a 3 day programme in Bunkpurugu in Northern Region, Ghana, for Global Youth Service Day between the 23rd and 25th of April, 2010. The programme was held both at Jilig Junior High and Bunkpurugu Central Assemblies of God Church and focused on tree nursing and planting and skills training workshops. Programme participants included 150 volunteers from YPWC Development Education Club at Jilig Junior High School together with Bunkpurugu MDGs Club members. In addition, interested individuals from Bunkpurugu community including teachers, pastors and members of the Forestry Commission also participated and assisted in the programme.
The aim of the tree planting project was to help “green” the dry northern community, to provide shade in years to come, and to help reduce erosion and desertification. YPWC’s MDGs club also believes it will help to combat climate change and encourages other communities around Ghana to take similar initiatives to green their environment. The programme taught students to take responsibility for their work, promoted leadership and team work, and respect for the local environment. The volunteers will nurse the trees until the rainy season begins around early June whereby the seedlings will be transplanted and nursed by the students and volunteers.
The one-day training workshop was led by experienced community leaders including teachers and government officials from the Forestry Commission. The workshop topics covered environmental sustainability, girl child education, tree nursing and transplanting, and the MDGs themselves, particularly Goal 7, Environmental Sustainability.
CONTACT: Mr. Matthew Nyannube Yosah
Young People We Care
+233249431332
matthew@ypwc.org
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