Kantora
Action for Green, an environmental nonprofit foundation, seeks to use the power
of sports to empower and educate young people on the need to care for the
environment.
The
foundation, launched on 14 July 2017, collaborates with local schools in
Kantora District, Upper River Region, to plant trees in an effort to conserve
and rehabilitate the depleting vegetation in that region.
The
foundation’s maiden tree planting exercise was organised together with a
football (soccer) championship at Fatoto Upper and Senior Secondary School in
Fatoto village.
The
championship was graced by a cross-section of community elders and
representatives of groups from different villages.
Four
teams: Fatoto Upper/Senior School FC, Fatoto Lower Basic School FC, and the
senior and youth teams of Kussun played the championship.
The
winners and runners-up went home with a trophy and cash prizes while all four
teams also received a set of jerseys and cleats which were mostly donated by
individuals, family, and friends of the founder Balla Sankareh in the United
States.
Meanwhile,
each member of all the four teams planted between one to seven trees which were
presented to the foundation at the event.
