Dr. Paul Kwabena Boafo, watering a tree after planting
The Methodist Church, Ghana, has commenced a project to plant over 1.4 million trees across the country, under the Green Ghana Initiative.
The project, which coincides with the Methodist Church annual tree planting event, Arbor Day, is aimed at supporting the government’s initiative to restore the lost vegetation cover of the country.
Presiding Bishop, Dr. Paul Kwabena Boafo, launched the 1.4m tree planting project by planting several trees at the Methodist Church, Ghana Conference Office under construction in Accra.
He said the church has over the years planted trees during its Arbor Day commemoration as part of their contribution to the greening of the environment.
“The church, seeing the importance of trees and vegetation, instituted what we call the annual Arbor Day during which we encourage our school children, young people and adults to plant trees to help green the environment,” he said.
Dr. Boafo said “planting trees in our environment is important to the health, well-being and existence of humanity,” adding “that is why from now, the Bishops in all the 20 Dioceses from the South to the North, East to West… we decided to join hands with government and the ministry to plant 1.4 million trees.”
The Presiding Bishop said the church is collaborating with Forestry Commission, RELBONET and Rocha Ghana in the effort, and said the trees to be planted included coconut, mahogany and acacia.
He said, “This is a holistic exercise that we are undertaking and by the end of June 20 we would have planted not less than 1.4m trees.”
Dr. Boafo said seedlings are being transported to the Diocesan headquarters for onward distribution by the Superintendents for planting, and urged the public to support the initiative by planting more trees.
By Jamila Akweley Okertchiri
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