In accordance with the European Union’s policy of Climate Diplomacy, and in answer to the President’s call to #GreenBotswana, Mebala Youth Studios proudly hosted a number of stakeholders for a tree planting ceremony at the Lady Masire Youth Centre in Gaborone West on Friday 17th February 2023.
Our guests, including Deputy Ambassador to the European Union in Botswana and SADC, Ms Sylvia Bopp-Hamrouni; the Director of the Department of Forestry and Range Resources; Principal Ms Baitshepi Hill; Programs Director from the Department of Youth, Gender, Sports and Culture Mr Kefemtse Phoi; Country Director of Friederich Ebert Stiftung, Mr Thilo Schöne; representatives from the Gaborone West Kgotla; Mebala Youth Studios Board Member, Ms Mimi Modimakwane; Bophirima Ward Counsellor, Mankie Sekete and Mr Guy Williams, a local sustainability expert, came together to share in their commitment in seeing a greener and more sustainable Botswana.
The EU delegation has donated a Baobab tree and several citrus fruit trees to Mebala Youth Studios, and it serves as a prelude to a longer term plan to develop educational gardens for permaculture and community development in the Gaborone West area.