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Globe Telecom staff partner Kumasi
Metropolitan Assembly in tree-planting exercise.
November 11th, 2014- Kumasi: Globe Telecom Ghana, a leading telecoms
company in the country has partnered the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly to embark
on a tree-planting exercise in the Kumasi Metropolis.
The
tree-planting exercise with the theme “Me and My Tree” is part of the
Assembly’s commitment to plant trees across the length and breadth of the
metropolis in contributing to the protection and conservation of the
environment and also supporting government’s efforts in achieving Millennium
Development Goal 7 of ensuring environmental sustainability.
Areas
in the “Garden city” for the tree planting exercise included Asafo-Brebre;
Anloga Junction-Airport Roundabout; Suame Roundabout, Anloga Junction-Asokwa
Interchange and other selected areas had one hundred and seventy one (171)
trees planted in total.
The exercise also
forms part of the company’s corporate social responsibility initiative which
encourages its employees to get involved in their local communities by
identifying and supporting sustainable projects within their communities or
lending a hand towards a charity project which they are passionate about.
Mr. Dennis Obeng-Adjei Opare, Corporate
Communications and CSR Director, said: “We’re committed to ensuring
sustainability in our business as well as supporting our local communities and
are really pleased to have taken part in this tree planting initiative. He explained that Globe Ghana was determined
to help the Government attain its Millennium Development Goals by integrating
the principles of sustainable development.
Mr. Kojo Bonsu, the Municipal Chief
Executive (MCE), has stated that the municipality has targeted to plant about a
million trees within the next four years to restore Kumasi to its former glory
as the “Garden City” of West Africa.
He appealed to anyone who intend to
engage in this endeavor to get in touch with either the Kumasi Metropolitan
Assembly (KMA), Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), KNUST or the Department of Parks & Garden
for seedlings.
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For
more information, please contact:
Dennis Obeng-Adjei
Opare
Head, Corporate
Communications and CSR
