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Tuesday September 17, 2024

Empowering youth for greener future

By Our Correspondent
August 15, 2024
Potohor Organisation for Development Advocacy (PODA) officials speaking at an event on the occasion of Independence Day on August 14, 2024. — Facebook/@PODA.pk
Potohor Organisation for Development Advocacy (PODA) officials speaking at an event on the occasion of Independence Day on August 14, 2024. — Facebook/@PODA.pk

Islamabad:Potohor Organisation for Development Advocacy (PODA) supported by its Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change Education Program and its network of women leaders across the country, celebrated independence day with an impactful plantation drive.

In the series of event students, families, and youth participated in various cities. Prior to the Independence Day, PODA organised activities at its Islamabad office and at the PODA Climate Smart Sustainable Agriculture Farm in Chakwal. Here, volunteers and students learned to prepare seedballs of jamun, moringa, peach, and various vegetables for the transplantation drive. A key plantation event was held at Family Park in G-10/1, where many families joined in the tree-planting efforts. Officials from the Ministry of Climate Change attended the event and spoke to children about the importance of tree planting and seed preservation.