IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay — All school heads in this province have been directed to incorporate the “Zamboanga Sibugay Lunhaw Nga Damgo: Tree Growing Project” in their school improvement plan (SIP).
Gov. Wilter Yap Palma issued the order as he envisioned to institutionalize the project, which was launched on Thursday, a day after his 60th birthday.
Palma led some 100 public school students in tree planting activity during the launch of the project, which was initiated by Natividad Bayubay, the provincial schools division superintendent.
Lunhaw is an environmental sustainability project of the provincial schools division as part of its massive thrust of instilling the “makakalikasan” value to the school children as future citizens of the country.
Lunhaw Nga Damgo, a vernacular term, which means “Green Dream.”
The project was launched in partnership with the provincial government through Provincial Environmental and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) and in support of the National Greening Program (NGP).
Bayubay said the project aims to contribute to the effort on sustaining and creating a more health-centered environment that addresses climate change.
“This project is a concretization and embodiment of our response to pro-actively care and nurture nature,” Bayubay told the Philippine News Agency.
He encouraged everyone at the provincial schools division to plant and grow trees to sustain the project. (Dennis Baguio/PNA)
