BY DOYIN ADEOYEThe global environment has its effect on children and young people, consequently environmentally aware empowered children and adolescents are potentially the greatest change agents for the long-term protection and stewardship of the earth.
This is exactly what the Green Education For The Youth (GEFTY) initiative is all about: a dynamic form of empowerment for young people on going green.
GEFTY, an initiative of the first lady of Ogun State, Mrs Olufunsho Amosun, was launched on Children’s Day, May 27, 2013, where she gave 5,000 children her self-written GEFTY handbook, to educate and create awareness on the need to cultivate green habits.
The students at the launching, also partook in the first ever Ogun State Youth 10,000 tree planting exercise, where thousands of students were part of the tree planting exercise.
According to Mrs Amosun, “the world is going green and so is the job market. It is therefore paramount to educate children on green initiatives. We also need to educate our youths on recycling techniques and get our unemployed youths off the street into the recycling business of turning waste to wealth.”
As part of the initiative, 12 GEFTY ambassadors were sponsored on a nine-day green awareness workshop on sustainable environment to the United Kingdom last year.
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