The Youth Bridge Foundation has launched its youth #PlantToOwnATree Campaign today at the Ghana Pavilion as part of ‘Ghana for Climate Change Day’ at COP26.
The Campaign which comes after the Government of Ghana’s Green Ghana Project in June 2021 seeks to
▪ Mobilize 1 million Ghanaian youth from across the country
▪ Plant 1 million trees in their communities within 1 year
▪ Complement Ghana’s nature-based adaptation and mitigation measures in realizing its Climate Agenda
In launching the Campaign Dr. Antwi Boasiako Amoah, Lead Negotiator Adaptation, Environmental Protection Agency of Ghana said “As we launch the Plant to Own a Tree campaign by the Youth Bridge Foundation, let us all commit to being a community of watch dogs and caretakers to protect existing trees. Let us work towards a tree felling prevention agenda as we complement it with replanting.”
Youth across Ghana will plant and be responsible for the growth of the 1 million trees to
▪ #PlantToFeed
▪ #PlantForMedicine
▪ #PlantToSaveTheEcosystem
▪ #PlantToBeautify
About Youth Bridge Foundation (www.youthbridgefoundation.org)
The Youth Bridge Foundation is an NGO focused on harnessing and developing the potentials of the youth in Ghana, and across the African continent to become responsible citizenry in shaping world development.
