Mamelodi learners celebrate Arbour day
The learners had the opportunity to plant trees in the school yard and were treated to a lively environmental education session.
Mahlasedi Masana Primary School learners in Mamelodi East were taught how to plant trees recently to commemorate Arbour Day.
They were taught by the Water Research Commission (WRC) and the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI).
The School of more than 2 000 learners from grade R to 7 has benefited from the WRC Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities since 2016.
It and the local community are currently participating in the WRC’s Schools Vegetable Garden project.
The learners planted trees in the schoolyard and were treated to a lively environmental education session by officials from the two hosts.
Executive Manager of WRC Reshmili Lutchman spoke about the importance of sharing environmental knowledge.
“We live in a world faced with severe environmental hazards and we all, young and old, share a collective responsibility to ensure that we arm ourselves with sufficient knowledge to respond adequately to the challenges we face,” she said.
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Her sentiment was echoed by SANBI’s Tebogo Cyprian Mathaba who said, “trees are important because they help provide us with clean air to breathe and children at school deserve to have that”.
The learners were given WRC and SANBI literature and the school principal expressed his gratitude and also encouraged the learners to look after the trees planted.
Arbour week is marked annually between 1-7 of September.
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