Rotary International is a global network of 1.2 million neighbours, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who come together to make positive, lasting change in communities at home and abroad.  For more than 110 years, Rotary members have used their passion, energy, and intelligence to take action on sustainable projects. Our motto is Service above Self. There are 47 Rotary Clubs in Ghana.

RI President Ian Riseley is challenging all 1.2 million Rotarians to plant a tree before Earth Day on 22 April 2018. Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22. Worldwide, various events are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection.

Trees are engines for economic development providing high nutrition foods for humans, animals, wildlife and insects, sustainable building materials and fuel, canopies in urban areas to cool, reduce energy use, absorb pollution and increase property values. Trees also protect our environment and increase ground water recharge, prevent runoff and loss of soil, create habitat for wildlife, produce oxygen, use carbon dioxide thus improving public health and slow global warming by storing carbon.

In accepting the challenge by the RI President, the Rotary Club of Accra-South in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Accra-Spintex will today plant 100 seedlings here at the SAPS School. The work involved in sustenance and upkeep of the trees we plant today will result in reviving the schools Evergreen club.

The Rotary Club of Accra-South is grateful for the support of the Forest Services Division of the Forestry Commission who not only provided us with the seedlings but gave us technical advice on the planting process. We are also grateful to the SAPS School for their collaboration and support in this effort.