Plant twenty-one million trees by the end of this year, such is Togo’s ambition. Inades-Formation Togo is already playing its part with the launch of its annual reforestation campaign on May 13, 2022 in the prefecture of Agou where Inades-Formation, 6000 forest and fruit species will be planted.
This activity is part of the partnership with Kinome, which, in its Forest & live program, wants to contribute to the environmental education of children from an early age: ” Through this twinning project between French and Togolese primary schools, we are therefore killing two birds with one stone: planting plants but also educating children on environmental issues in this context of climate change which does not savings person confided the Director of Inades-Formation Togo, Ms. Sélome ADOUSSI HOUETOGNON.
Obviously , the next generation has already appropriated the message and is committed to it. For the student Edem, in CE 2 class, “ it is not good to cut the trees in disorder. I’ll tell my parents we need to plant trees » because Folly Moïse, a student in CM2, will say, « the tree yields timber for construction, manufacturing, charcoal, fruits and traditional medicines. The tree must be watered and cared for for good growth “. And to Gloria, a pupil in CM2 class, to go further: “when you cut down a tree, you have to plant two and when you cut two, you have to plant 4….”.
The Prefectural Director of the Environment welcomes the initiative, which thus contributes to actions aimed at increasing the rate of forest cover to 25% by 2025 and restoring more than one million hectares in Togo and contribute to the fight against the harmful effects of climate change.
Apart from Epp agou Nyogbo, other villages will benefit from the plants that will be planted.
Communication department – Inades-Formation Togo