Rwandan schools receive 250,000 fruit trees with UNICEF
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Rwanda News Agency
Rwanda’s Education Minister Joseph Nsengimana and UNICEF have launched an initiative to plant more than 250,000 fruit trees in over 4,100 primary schools and 220 early childhood centres. Children and pupils will plant and monitor the trees as part of UNICEF’s 40th anniversary in Rwanda, according to Rwanda News Agency.
Rwanda’s Education Minister Joseph Nsengimana and UNICEF Rwanda have launched the “Our Trees, Our Future” initiative, which provides for the distribution of more than 250,000 fruit trees to over 4,100 primary schools and 220 early childhood development centres in Rwanda. The launch took place at GS Mayange A, in Bugesera District, according to Rwanda News Agency.
Pupils are to plant, maintain and monitor the growth of the trees in order to gain practical experience in environmental protection. The programme also aims to improve nutrition and schools’ capacity to cope with the effects of climate change, according to UNICEF Rwanda.
The initiative is part of celebrations marking 40 years of UNICEF’s presence in Rwanda. The agency is marking four decades of partnership with the Rwandan government and people in 2026, with a series of activities organised throughout the year.
