 AGENCIES JOIN STAFF AND STUDENTS ON  NATIONAL TREE PLANTING DAY
MONEAGUE, St Ann; Oct. 6, 2025
Faculty and students of Moneague College, St Ann, and Interested agencies engaged in tree planting along the college’s driveway and farm perimeter on Friday, October 3, 2025, National Tree Planting Day.
(Desmond Campbell, left, vice president of the Alumni of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and Head of Department at The Moneague College, is joined by Michael Thomas, forester at Forest Management, in planting trees in Moneague on National Tree Planting Day).
Those participating planted Jamaican Mahogany, Pimento and Pink Bundle (Pride of Barbados). The seedlings were provided by the Forestry Department and Pimento Growers Association.
Ahead of the planting, there were statements from Ian Wallace, Forest Manager, North West Region of the Forestry Department, and by Atsushi Nakagawa, Resident Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Jamaica.
(Some of those taking part in observing National Tree Planting Day on Friday, October 3, 2025, are seen here with, front row, from left: Desmond Campbell, JICA Alumni VP; Ian Wallace, Forest Manager; Nathalie Staines-Gordon, treasurer of Moneague DA of JTA, and Atsushi Nakagawa, Resident Rep of JICA.)
Desmond Campbell, a vice president of the JICA Alumni Association coordinated the activities, which were also supported by the Moneague District Association of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association.
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