{"id":130,"date":"2022-09-02T09:06:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T09:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themechampion.com\/demo\/envitwp\/?p=130"},"modified":"2023-02-04T00:29:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T00:29:28","slug":"wood-work-gives-value-to-your-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.characterandleadership.org\/index.php\/2022\/09\/02\/wood-work-gives-value-to-your-future\/","title":{"rendered":"CCL Partners with East Africa Cables to Promote Tree Planting in Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Centre for Character and Leadership (CCL) is collaborating with the East African Cables<\/a> in planting trees in secondary schools across the\u00a0 country. The pre-selected secondary schools are involved in the Implementation of the Cultivating Virtues in Leaders (CViL) Project. The CViL program seeks to guide the school principals and teachers on a personal and professional development journey. A journey of self-discovery and appreciation, a deep understanding of servant leadership virtues, character education, and skills necessary to lead school transformation.<\/p>\n

Students are benefitting from the CViL project by getting coaching and mentorship from adult teachers who model and teach the virtues. Also, the CViL model gives an opportunity to the students to practice leadership skills such as being good communicators, resource builders, visionaries, problem solvers and role models to their peers.<\/p>\n

For instance, students are engaged in the implementation of \u2018Adopt a tree and tag a virtue initiative.\u2019 This is\u00a0a service-learning best practice that involves the students to plant, adopt and tag the trees with positive virtues which they aim to nurture in their life as the tree grows.<\/p>\n

The \u2018adopt a tree and tag a virtue initiative\u2019<\/a> has a potential of helping students to mold their character through virtue development and as well address the issue of climate change. Climate change poses a serious challenge in Kenya. A key measure that has been adopted by the Kenyan government to mitigate the effects of climate change is to increase the forest cover by 10%.\u00a0 With this background, CCL collaborated with the East African Cables<\/a> in planting 400 indigenous trees at Kiamutugu Boys High school in Kirinyaga county.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt East African Cables, we connect lives and endeavor to give back to the society through tree planting<\/em>,<\/em>\u201d<\/strong> said Dr. Gatitu Gitau as he offered the tree donations to the school administrator.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The \u2018adopt a tree and tag a virtue initiative\u2019<\/strong> is being spearhead by the school Moral club \u2013 a students\u2019 peer group that is committed in modelling virtues and offering mentorship to other students\u2019 peers. \u201cIf I don\u2019t provide water to my tree, I feel like my character is fading,<\/em>\u201d<\/strong> said a Moral Club student as he urged the form one students to take care of their adopted trees.<\/p>\n

During the tree planting, students tagged their trees with virtues such hard work, love, respect, obedience and joy. \u201cDon\u2019t just practice the virtue that you have tagged on your tree, practice other virtues as well,\u201d<\/em> <\/strong>said Millicent Diang\u2019a , CViL Project Officer as she urged the students to become good role models and ambassadors of the school.<\/p>\n

While protecting the environment and planting trees is a global responsibility, it is even more personal and requires collaborative effort to take the action. Wangari Maathai in her autobiography \u2018Unbowed\u2019 states that \u201cthe future of the planet concerns us all, and all of us should do what we can to protect it.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Similar projects have been carried out at Drumvale secondary school and Ruai Boys Secondary School in Nairobi County. CCL appreciates the East African Cables for the donation of trees and the schools for taking ownership in environmental conservation and virtue development.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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