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DepEd plants 1.9M trees in ’23

January 2, 2024 Arlene Rivera 512 views

AROUND 1.9 million trees were planted in different parts of the country in the nationwide tree-planting activity by the Department of Education (DepEd) last December 2023.

Based on the final report, DepEd planted a total of more than 1.9 million trees under the “236,000 Christmas Trees” project, with Cordillera Administrative Region as the top contributor, by planting more than 1.1 million trees alone.

The DepEd has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for Project Pagbabago: A Million Trees program.

Under the agreement, DepEd agreed to collaborate with the two agencies in encouraging the participation of schools and communities in greening initiatives of the OVP.

The program is to inculcate to its learners and employees the importance of environment preservation and conservation and achieve the goals of the National Greening Program (NGP) of the government.

As the DepEd’s participation in the initiative by the OVP, it is contributing 250,000 trees from the 1.9 million trees planted during the simultaneous nationwide tree planting activity, which was participated in by DepEd officials, personnel, teachers and learners.

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