By Aliko Munde

Chitipa, February 25, Mana: Chitipa Lions Club on Saturday planted 1200 trees at Chitipa Secondary and Namuyemba Full Primary Schools in Senior Chief Mwabulambya’s area in the district.

Vice President for Chitipa Lions Club, Fidelis Kambalame said the club decided to plant trees at the two schools in view of the national forestry season which is underway.

“We are in the national forestry season and as one way of taking part in the tree planting exercise we decided to plant trees with the learners at Chitipa Secondary School and Namuyemba primary,” Kambalame said.

He then asked school management, learners and communities to take a leading role in conserving the environment by planting trees and managing them.

“We want to make sure that all the trees we have planted today survive. We have planted fruit trees for nutrition, the trees that restore fertility in the soil and natural trees,” Kambalame said.

Head teacher for Chitipa Secondary School, Mapopa Shaba noted the need to plant more trees and conserve them, saying trees produce oxygen which human beings need and trees need carbon dioxide which human beings produce.

In his remarks, Senior Chief Mwabulambya said he wanted 99 percent survival rate of the trees hence he would be making regular visits to the schools to monitor how they are being managed.

The country is expected to plant 34 million trees in the 2023/24 National Forestry Season under the theme ‘Forest innovation in action: Reforestation for sustainable tomorrow’.