RTE Presenter Kathryn Thomas is an ambassador for Self Help Africa’s One Million Trees campaign.
Children from nine Donegal National Schools took part in a nationwide campaign this month to plant a million trees to help combat climate change.
The Donegal seats of education joined over 300 schools from across Ireland to take part in development charity Self Help Africa’s ‘One Million Trees’ campaign.
The aim of the initiative is for schools to plant trees in their grounds while supporting a wider initiative to plant trees in Africa, and highlight the impact that climate change is having on poor and vulnerable communities on the continent.
Trees were planted in Donegal at St Joseph’s NS, Rathmullan, Scoil na Croise Naofa, Dunfanaghy, Ayr Hill National School, Ramelton, St. Patrick’s GNS, Carndonagh, Scoil Cholmcille, Newtowncunningham, Scoil Íosagáin, Buncrana, Scoil Cholmcille, Kerrykeel, Glenswilly National School, Scoil an Linbh Íosa, Gortloskey, Killymard to coincide with National Tree Week.
The initiative is supported by the Irish National School Teachers Association (INTO), who provided native Irish tree seedlings for distribution to classrooms across the country.
Many of the schools involved also arranged collections and donations to Self Help Africa’s campaign. The charity aims to plant one million trees in Africa and 100,000 native trees in Ireland each year.
“Children are extremely passionate about the environment. They’re alarmed by the stories that they read and hear about global warming, and want change,” said Sean McMahon, who is coordinating the schools campaign for Self Help Africa.
More information is available about Self Help Africa’s schools tree planting initiative is available at: https://selfhelpafrica.org/onemilliontrees/schools/
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