A Tree Planting Holiday
The children in the Pope Francis Home were excited about planting trees (Their faces cannot be shown in order to protect their identity) From the Malindi community, Kenya The Kenyan government announced a surprise public holiday on 13 November 2023 for a nationwide Tree Planting Day. In a gazette notice dated November 6, Prof Kindiki said President William Ruto would lead the country in the tree-growing exercise in line with his administration’s ambitious plan of growing 10 billion trees by 2032. This is a government’s response to the climate change crisis which is a global issue and which is, in particular, causing worsening droughts in the Horn of Africa, including Kenya, where rains have failed for five seasons in a row. Kenya has lost nearly half of its forest cover since independence. Several factors, including agriculture, logging, and charcoal production, drive deforestation. The loss of forests has contributed to…