Upcoming project

 

Ontulili Primates Protection would like to extend its restoration project to involve schools. With schools OPP will be aiming at planting indigenous and fruit trees in the schools. The trees selected should also be fast growing. This programme will first engage the environmental/wildlife/scouts clubs in specific schools during the piloting stage. OPP will select 10 schools to start the program with and the 10 school should not have water scarcity issues. The initiative will aim at growing a total of 10,000-20,000 thousand trees.

The programme is likely to kick-start in January as the school calendar will go back to normal calendar and a school term will have 13 weeks giving time for the extra activities, OPP is also seeking for funding to support this initiative.

 

Benefits of the program

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• Improve the general air quality in the school hence improving students focus and their academic performance. Trees naturally remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere among other air pollutants that cause fatigue which interferes with learning.

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• Natural schoolyards decrease stress, reduce behaviour problems, increase positive emotions, and enhance factors associated with mental resilience in children of all ages.

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• Trees provide immense cooling abilities and can help prevent heat stroke, heat exhaustion, and heat-related complications.

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• Source of food, the fruit trees planted will be eaten by the pupil/students.

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• Foster a culture of tree growing to the students which they will transfer to other people back home, relatives and community members.

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• Improving aesthetics and create students sense of belonging to the specific tree.

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• Provide shade that can facilitate an outdoor learning and create an outdoor learning space.