Bontoc folks plant trees vs disasters

BONTOC, Mountain Province – Barangay Bontoc Ili folks recently planted 540 kupang seedlings here at PalikotAso to Nagua for disaster prevention and mitigation.

Some 135 individuals led by Bontoc Ili Punong Barangay Alexander N. Fana-ang and barangay kagawad participated.

Fana-ang said he was thankful that members of the community actively participated in the activity. He said that the Barangay Tanod, Barangay Health Workers, Green Police, teachers of Bontoc Ili Primary School, teachers and Grade 5 students of Ut-utan Primary School, teachers of Mountain Province General Comprehensive High School (MPGCHS), students of MPGCHS who are members of the Filipino Club, YES-O, Health Scouts and Boy Scout of the Philippines (BSP), Lanao Youth Organization, beneficiaries of the PantawidPamilya Pilipino Program (4Ps), and other youth volunteers from Bontoc Ili joined the tree planting.

He added seedlings were provided by the Bontoc Local Government Unit thru its Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office (MENRO).

Tree planting has been an annual activity of Bontoc Ili, headed by the barangay officials.

The activity was in support to the National Greening Program (NGP)
of the government that aims to grow 1.5 billion trees in six years from 2011 – 2016. -  Alpine L. Killa