Nairobi, 22 April, 2021 / 7:30 pm (ACI Africa).
On the annual International Mother Earth Day observed April 22, officials of Don Bosco Tech Africa (DBTA) have highlighted their program that is championing climate solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa.
In a Thursday, April 22 report, officials of the body coordinating all Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) centres run by the Religious Institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) in Africa note that “global warming, pollution and deforestation are some of the major problems posing a threat to nature.”
“In the wake of this reality,” DBTA officials say they have “been upfront championing climate solutions through mitigation, adaptation, and encouraging individual action for the common good” through the Green Clubs present in the over 102 TVET centres spread across 35 countries in Africa and Madagascar.
They add that members of the Green Clubs, which are supported by the German-based Don Bosco Mondo, have been involved in reforestation activities “as a way of taking CO2 out of the atmosphere to tackle the climate crisis, also provide vital habitat for animals and ecological services for humans, such as purifying the air we breathe and regulating the temperatures.”
“Our technical schools, through the Green Clubs have also been frequently undertaking clean-ups to reduce waste and plastic pollution, improve habitats, prevent harm to wildlife and humans and even lead to larger environmental action,” DBTA officials add in their April 22 statement.
