By Prince Henderson
“Apart from doing what Pope Francis told us to do, we are also doing this in line with the United Nations Development goal which calls us to take care of the environment as well,” said Sister Mulenga.
Apart from being Nuns whose most of their time is spent in prayers, they also thought of joining the rest of Malawians, especially during this tree planting season to contribute to the good course of the environment.
“We are not exempted from effects of Climate Change. We leave in communities and interact with people. The problems are the same and this is the reason we thought of planting these trees,” one of the sisters said.
It was noted that Dedza is an area that had a lot of trees but have all been depleted due to community encroachment and that they use trees for firewood during big functions that mostly take place at Mlale. They challenged the youth to emulate the gesture and do the same across the country.
Recently, Vice President of the Republic of Malawi, Dr. Saulosi Chilima joined Catholic Children in the Archdiocese of Lilongwe in a tree planting exercise at St. Patrick’s Parish, Area 18.