Earth Day 2010 in Calbayog

As announced, the City of Calbayog participated in Earth Day 2010. Among the agencies which joined in the tree-planting activities last Thursday was the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) headed by CSWD Officer Betty Jane Vergara-Arnejo.

The participants which included the CSWDO staff, Summer Job grantees, the 4Ps beneficiaries (from Oquendo, Begaho, Tinmabacan, Guin-on, Nijaga and Hamorawon) gathered at the Nijaga Elementary School where the distribution of 600 seedlings was made. They then proceeded to the tree-planting site at the Diversion Road from Barangay Nijaga to Tomalon Estate in Barangay Gadgaran.

In Barangay Bagacay and Barangay Carayman, a mangrove tree-planting activity was conducted by the CENRO staff together with some stakeholders from the said barangays.

Here are some pictures from the said activities.

Kids look on as some Bagacay folks conduct their mangrove tree-planting activity.

The CSWDO staff and 4Ps beneficiaries as they planted trees at the Diversion Road from Barangay Nijaga to the Tomalon Estate in Barangay Gadgaran.