PRESS RELEASE Club of Bahari

Dar es Salaam

On Saturday September 30th, the Rotary Club of Bahari, Dar es Salaam will be breaking ground on an
environmental conservation project along Barack Obama Road.
Over 200 indigenous trees and shrubs will be planted in the ocean front area across from Aga Khan Hospital, to
provide a clean shaded recreational area for residents and to maintain the natural beauty of the waterfront.
This is part of a greater Mission Green Initiative for Rotary District 9211, which encompasses Tanzania and
Uganda, with the goal of planting one tree for every Rotarian in the District. The plans for the park were devel-
oped in conjunction with municipal authorities, and water for the project has been generously donated by
Aga Khan Hospital.

President Amyn Lalji of the Rotary Club of Bahari will lead the team in the groundbreaking ceremony
scheduled for 10am, and is open to the public.

Greening East Africa one tree at a time:

Mission Green is a theme project spearheaded by Rotary International District 9211 Governor KennethWycliff
Mugisha whose aim is to mobilize the community and resources for the restoration and protection of the
environment. District 9211 consist of Uganda and Tanzania.

Recognising the importance of the environment to peoples livelihood in East Africa and the adverse effect
the very same livelihood has had on the environment, District Governor Ken Mugisha has chosen the environ-
ment to be at the center of his agenda The annual increment of the urban population in both Uganda and
Tanzania was 5.4% in 2015. (World Bank 2015) In comparison, the average for ALL developing countries is just
over 3%. The proportion of our population that use wood products in form of charcoal and firewood as fuel
for food preparation is too high. As high as 90% in Ugandas case.The forest subsector contributed up to 5.2%
of the GDP in Uganda and 3.4% in Tanzania. The forest cover as a %ge of land area between 1990 and 2015
declined by 10% in Tanzania and 12% in Uganda During the period 1990 - 2005, total forest and woodland
area decreased by 24.7% in Uganda and a whopping 37.4% in Tanzania (rainforests.mongabay.com).

THE PROJECT
5 year project starting Jan 2017 to Dec 2021
District wide project (Uganda and Tanzania)

PURPOSE
To protect the environment and reduce the adverse
effects of Climate change and improve the income
levels of susceptible groups.

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For more information please contact:

Diamond Carvalho - Public Relations The Rotary Club of Bahari Dar es Salaam pr@rotarybahari.or.tz