Airtel Staff Plant Trees In Kumasi

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Tp10Airtel, Ghana Telecoms, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Company of the year has partnered the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly to embark on a tree-planting exercise in the Kumasi metropolis.

The tree-planting exercise with the theme ?Me and My Tree? is part of the Assembly?s commitment to plant trees across the length and breadth of the metropolis in contributing to the protection and conservation of the environment and also supporting government?s efforts in achieving Millennium Development Goal 7 of ensuring environmental sustainability.

Areas in the ?Garden city? for the tree planting exercise included Asafo-Brebre; Anloga Junction-Airport Roundabout; Suame Roundabout, Anloga Junction-Asokwa Interchange and other selected areas had one hundred and seventy one (171) trees planted in total.

The exercise also forms part of Airtel Ghana?s employee?s initiative- Make A Difference Day (MADD) which encourages its employees to get involved in their local communities by identifying and supporting sustainable projects within their communities or lending a hand towards a charity project which they are passionate about.

Mr. Donald Gwira, Corporate Communications, External Affairs and CSR Director, said: ?We?re committed to ensuring sustainability in our business as well as supporting our local communities and are really pleased to have taken part in this tree planting initiative. ?He explained that Airtel Ghana was determined to help the Government attain its Millennium Development Goals by integrating the principles of sustainable development.

Mr. Kojo Bonsu, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), has stated that the municipality has targeted to plant about a million trees within the next four years to restore Kumasi to its former glory as the ?Garden City? of West Africa.

He appealed to anyone who intend to engage in this endeavor to get in touch with either the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG),? KNUST or the Department of Parks & Garden for seedlings.

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