By Stacy Phoso
The management at the University of Livingstonia Kaning’ina campus organized a tree planting exercise on February 21, 2024, an event that aimed to promote environmental sustainability and contribute to the university's green initiatives.
Making his remarks after the exercise, UNILIA Kaning’ina Campus Principal Rev. J.P.V Mwale said he will be happy to see 90 percent of the seedlings that have been planted survive, as it will be an achievement for the university.
“This tree planting exercise will be very beneficial for our students at our school who are under the faculty of Agri-Sciences to succeed in their studies,” said Mwale.
“These seedlings we have planted here today might also help the students who are studying sustainable agriculture and Rural Agrarian Development to use in their research projects; they just need to monitor and investigate the trees and later produce a paper,” Mwale concluded.
Flemings Nkhandwe, director of quality assurance at the university, said the tree planting exercise will also help to deal with the issues of climate change which the country and the world is currently facing.
“Deforestation has contributed to issues of climate change as people have not been good at taking care of the environment. This exercise will help the students to get used to the tree planting culture for a better future,” said Nkhandwe.
Registrar for the campus, Rev. Wisdom Mwale, said it is important for tertiary institutions to complement government efforts such as planting trees to achieve stewardship.
“Stewardship is a mandate from God; therefore, our commitment to complementing such exercises as the government has asked its people to plant trees, is of utmost importance” said Mwale.
Speaking on behalf of the students, Upendo Mphonde speaker for Kaning’ina’s students Union said it is important for students to learn how to take care of the environment in order to become responsible citizens and will help to deal with issues of climate change.
The exercise saw 1000 tree seedlings being planted, of which 300 were donated by Student Christian Organization of Malawi (SCOM).
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