Sokoto State Government, in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has launched a statewide campaign to plant no fewer than 10,000 trees as part of efforts to promote environmental sustainability and strengthen climate action among young people.
The initiative, tagged School Climate Adaptation, Resilience and Environment Network Hub (SCAREH), is being implemented by UNICEF in collaboration with the Sokoto State Ministry of Environment, the Sokoto Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASA), and the Young and Youthful Initiative (YOUNGI), a non-governmental organisation.
Speaking at the launch, UNICEF’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Officer, Dr. Ebri Eteng, who represented the Chief of Field Office, Dr. Michael Juma, said the project derives from UNICEF’s Green Rising Initiative, which seeks to empower children and young people to become future leaders in environmental stewardship.
According to him, the programme is designed to raise a generation of young climate champions capable of driving
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