Mindanaotoday.com | NorMin celebrates World Water Day
By: Irene Joy Dayo
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Through the leadership of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and its River Basin Control Office, different line agencies, local government units, students, and stakeholders celebrated World Water Day on March 22.
The celebration was anchored on the theme, “Accelerating Change through Partnership and Cooperation.”
The celebration gives importance to accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crises through the linked efforts of different stakeholders.
The celebration started with a tree-growing activity near Balulang-Tibasak Bridge, here. They have planted lambago, bamboo, and molave in the vicinity.
Together with his classmates at Pedro ‘Oloy’ N. Roa Senior High School, student Nico James Pelicano planted trees and cleaned the Tibasak-Balulang Bridge area.
He said that they learned more about taking care of nature during the activity, and these learnings will be carried by them until their graduation.
Dr. Maria Teresa Fajardo, who is in charge of Extension and Community Relations at the University of Science and Technology of the Southern Philippines, wishes that the local government would help keep the area clean and keep an eye on how the trees are growing.
After the tree-planting activity, the people involved sign the Memorandum of Agreement in a ceremony.
This makes the Cagayan de Oro River Basin Management Council (CDORBMC) official and gives it more power. (IJBD | PIA-10)
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