Hyderabad: Forty SIP Academy Staff members coordinated with the GHMC to plant 100 saplings on Road No. 2 on Banjara Hills at ASCI office on Saturday morning.
Most of them women and teaching staff of the Academy have done tree plantation to celebrate 15th Anniversary of the academy. SIP Academy runs five different kinds of skill development programs in 23 States over 300 cities for children. They are also taking SIP Children’s awareness walk on Sunday from Sanjeevaiah Park to Jalvihar to create awareness on important Indian trees like Neem, Amla and Mango. Nearly 300 children are expected to participate in the same, said Uma Swaminathan, State Head of SIP Academy.
The emphasis is on three types of trees: NEEM protects the environment in flood control, reduced soil erosion and less salination. AMLA – a tropical tree with great medicinal properties MANGO – trees help to filter water, combat salinity, clean the air and increase flows into water catchments. They also provide food and shelter not only to humans but also to wildlife.
The awareness walk will be held across 23 States simultaneously to mark and celebrate SIP Academy’s 15th Anniversary. Some 3000 kids are expected to participate in the same. On completion of the rally, three SIP children will talk about the benefits of NEEM, AMLA & MANGO trees and all the children will plant these tree saplings in their homes. “We expect over one lakh people, children, teachers and franchise partners to plant one tree each over the 15th Anniversary year of 2018 between August this year and July next year. The SIP Academy India’s children will be planting over two lakh saplings by the end of the year, said Uma Swaminathan, State Head of SIP Academy. IP Academy has been nurturing intelligence in kids for the past 15 years and now nurturing social service in them for common good, Uma added. (NSS)
