Citizens ready and willing to
plant trees if given seeds
Mohamed
Osman Ibrahim --Somaliland
Residents of Hargeisa citizens are very keen and enthusiastic to
participate in a tree planting project if they get free seeds.
According to recent polls, in a survey by journalism student in
Hargeisa University nearly 87 percent, are aware of that
cutting trees with out replacing them has created environmental
problem their community.
Cabdi
Cali, a Secondary school teacher, said he had been telling his
students about the advantages of trees for the last five years, and
now he has begun visiting other schools to preach the benefits of
planting trees.
Ironically this poll showed that 69 percent of Hargeisa women are
not aware of advantage
of the
trees to them and not ready to take part any tree planting project.
Amina,
a single mother of four children said, “I am very busy looking after
my children by myself, and I am both father and mother to them, so
I don't care about trees or environment.”
Axmed,
50 years old, a charcoal buyer said, “I cut trees to get a money
because I make
charcoal to feed my family of 12 persons. But I plant a tree when I
cut one
tree so
I replace what I cut.”
The
survey showed that more than 60 percent of the respondents are ready
to
encourage, others to take part in a trees planting project, although
the people who
participated in planting project was very low at18 percent.
All in
all the people are very eager to save the environment, if they get
enough
information about the advantage of trees to them.