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FARMKENYA INITIATIVE
Some 337 public schools in Nairobi County will benefit from an ambitious tree planting exercise.
The project a partnership of Ashut Engineers Limited, Fruity Schools Africa and The Standard Group Plc, will see school-going children benefit from the fruit trees as a source of food and for conserving the environment.
Fruity Schools Africa team leader, Kennedy Odoyo said they chose fruit trees because they are not likely to be cut down for timber and charcoal.
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“The reason for planting fruit trees is because climate change is here with us and it has become critical for everybody to plant trees. But the trouble we are having every year is that the trees which are planted are cut down for timber and charcoal, that is why fruity schools came up with this concept of fruit trees,” said Odoyo.
FARMKENYA INITIATIVE
Some 337 public schools in Nairobi County will benefit from an ambitious tree planting exercise.
The project a partnership of Ashut Engineers Limited, Fruity Schools Africa and The Standard Group Plc, will see school-going children benefit from the fruit trees as a source of food and for conserving the environment.
Fruity Schools Africa team leader, Kennedy Odoyo said they chose fruit trees because they are not likely to be cut down for timber and charcoal.
READ MORE
“The reason for planting fruit trees is because climate change is here with us and it has become critical for everybody to plant trees. But the trouble we are having every year is that the trees which are planted are cut down for timber and charcoal, that is why fruity schools came up with this concept of fruit trees,” said Odoyo.