Manica Youth Assembly (MAYA) has kickstarted its tree planting activities by planting 100 trees in the eastern border community to Commemorate the National Tree Planting Day.
Melissa Mhaka the environmental officer for MAYA said her organisation planted more than one hundred pine trees at Dangamvura mountains as a way of dealing with climate change.
“Trees are very important since they act as both mitigation and adaptation measures to tackle climate change. Trees help by storing carbon thereby reducing global warming, they also help in curbing land degradation and act as wind breaks among other benefits. As MAYA, we encourage people to plant trees as much as they can, by such we all help fight climate change.”
The first Saturday of December each year, is a day when all citizens of Zimbabwe participate in tree planting activities, and marks the beginning of the tree planting season up to the end of summer. This day commenced in 1980 and it is a national and patriotic duty for every individual to take part in tree planting and care activities .The President of the Republic of Zimbabwe leads the event showing tree planting commitment from the highest levels.
