The Letaba Lions Club with the learners and teachers of Unity Primary School.
The club planted the tree together with the learners from Grade R to Grade 3.
The club also donated trees to two other schools the Nazarene Christian Academy and Woekerwolkies Pre Primary School.
According to the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, this year’s theme is ‘forests and sustainable cities.’
Nazarene Christian Academy
The club has been donating trees and plantations to local schools for years now.
“Lions clubs International has a signature project, where they encourage all Lions clubs, around the world to plant trees in their local communities, within the month of September.
We see the tree planting as an investment into our future generations.
Woekerwolkies Pre Primary School
It is easy and immediate to cut a tree down, but it takes years for a tree to grow.
Trees also convert Carbon dioxide into oxygen, oxygen is essential for our existence, this is our way to try to preserve our plant,” explained Martin Froise, from the Club when asked why do they keep on donating trees.
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Tintswalo Shipalana, a journalist for the Letaba Herald, has been in the media industry for over a decade. She started her journey in radio, but ended up in print which is her first love. She joined the Herald newspaper as a cadet in 2016, where she graduated with a journalism qualification from the Caxton Training Academy. She also has a qualification in Feature Writing from the University of Cape Town and a Media Management qualification from Wits University. She is completing her BA Communication Science degree with UNISA. She sleeps well at night knowing she is a voice to the voiceless and her work contributes to promoting local talent, businesses and service delivery. Her love for her community keeps her working hard every day.
