To mark this year's Ushirika Day celebrations, the local Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations (SACCOs) have embarked on a tree planting initiatives as part of their corporate social responsibility to preserve the ever-fragile environment.
The initiative comes ahead of the annual celebrations to be marked on 12th July in Nairobi, under the theme "Driving Inclusive and Sustainable Solutions for a Better World." Members of the SACCOs in the capital came out in large numbers over the weekend to plant trees as one of a series of activities the cooperative movement has lined up before the commemoration of the day.
This year's Ushirika is also special after UN General Assembly adopted a resolution last year proclaiming that the year 2025 will be the International Year of Cooperatives.
Speaking during a tree-planting exercise at Nairobi's Jamhuri Park, Ms Priscilla Maranga, representing the Cooperative Commissioners Office, said the cooperative principal number seven which is concern for the community, emphasizes that the societies should work for the sustainable development of their community at large. "We demonstrate that by planting trees, we take care of the environment not just for ourselves but also for generations to come.
