19/10/2024
I have huge respect and admiration for our community based teams who are planting mangroves as part of #FreetownTheTreeTown! Accompanied by Cllr Sheku Deen Mansaray, I joined the teams of women and youth in Ojuku community today who have planted 80,740 mangroves over the past 12 days.
It is difficult work wading into the swamps when the tide recedes in order to plant the seedlings and then tying the seedlings to a piece of wood to prevent them from being washed away. Before planting, each mangrove seedling is tagged with a unique identification code so that it can uploaded and tracked through the #FreetownTheTreeTown digital platform.
Funded by the World Bank and implemented in collaboration with NACSA under the PSSNYE program, this specific #FreetownTheTreeTown activity involves the planting and tracking of 275,000 mangroves across 3 communities and the creation of 1,750 jobs!
