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Kenyans get tree-planting holiday to plant 100 million seedlings
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-67400448
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Trees help tackle global warming by absorbing carbon dioxide from the air while releasing oxygen into the atmosphere.
At one site near the source of Kenya’s second-longest river, Athi, there were dozens of people, including soldiers and residents, some with their families.
“I have come together with my colleagues, I’m happy to be here to show my love for the environment,” student Wycliffe Kamau told the BBC.
The country is currently grappling with heavy El Niño rains that have killed dozens of people, displaced thousands and damaged infrastructure - with the northern region most affected.
Environmentalist Teresa Muthoni told the BBC that the initiative was a “very good idea”, but that the exercise was not organised in a way that would ensure everyone was planting trees.
Ms Tuya said the exercise will continue beyond the special holiday and expects that 500 million trees will have been planted by the end of the rainy season in December.
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