“Once in your life you should plant a tree” |02 February 2015

“Celui qui a planté un arbre avant de mourir n'a pas vécu inutilement. Environment is something we should take care of.  At least once in your life you should plant a tree so that the next generation can enjoy what our generation i.  So that is the reason why we are here this afternoon to plant trees,” said Mr Dinah.

This was the message echoed by the Managing Director of Airtel Mr Amadou Dinah on Thursday evening during a tree planting ceremony at Perseverance 1 by the local telecommunications company. This forms part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme. Airtel has been involved in various such activities for the community in the past with the recent one being the renovation and handing over of the of the blood transfusion unit to the Health Care Agency.

He informed the people living at Perseverance that the place has been adopted by Airtel. The company is not only planting trees but will also put up benches so that the inhabitants can sit there in the evening; the children play and enjoy themselves.

In a thank you message on behalf of the Perseverance 1 district community,  Ms Christina Dora, thanked Airtel for taking that initiative to donate this project to them and they are so happy about it.

“We will take good care of the trees. I will ask the community to take good care of them to ensure they grow very well,” she said adding she hopes tom see more of AIRTEL involvement there.

The trees were supplied by the Seychelles Agricultural Agency (SAA) which was also present at the planting. They consist of local fruit trees like golden apples, papaya, “Coeur de boeuf’, soursop, avocado, guavas, mangoes just to name some. The people of Perseverance 1 will tend to the trees to facilitate their growth.

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“Once in your life you should plant a tree”

“Celui qui a planté un arbre avant de mourir n'a pas vécu inutilement. Environment is something we should take care of.  At least once in your life you should plant a tree so that the next generation can enjoy what our generation i.  So that is the reason why we are here this afternoon to plant trees,” said Mr Dinah.

This was the message echoed by the Managing Director of Airtel Mr Amadou Dinah on Thursday evening during a tree planting ceremony at Perseverance 1 by the local telecommunications company. This forms part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme. Airtel has been involved in various such activities for the community in the past with the recent one being the renovation and handing over of the of the blood transfusion unit to the Health Care Agency.

He informed the people living at Perseverance that the place has been adopted by Airtel. The company is not only planting trees but will also put up benches so that the inhabitants can sit there in the evening; the children play and enjoy themselves.

In a thank you message on behalf of the Perseverance 1 district community,  Ms Christina Dora, thanked Airtel for taking that initiative to donate this project to them and they are so happy about it.

“We will take good care of the trees. I will ask the community to take good care of them to ensure they grow very well,” she said adding she hopes tom see more of AIRTEL involvement there.

The trees were supplied by the Seychelles Agricultural Agency (SAA) which was also present at the planting. They consist of local fruit trees like golden apples, papaya, “Coeur de boeuf’, soursop, avocado, guavas, mangoes just to name some. The people of Perseverance 1 will tend to the trees to facilitate their growth.