Raiply to plant 1.6 Million Trees
Raiply Malawi Limited says it will this year plant 1.6 million trees in Chikanga forest and other places across the country during this rainy season.
This is part of the company’s every year activities so as to assist in conserving the environment.
Speaking in Mzuzu on Sunday during the prize presentation ceremony to best performing teams and individuals in this year’s Raiply National Volleyball tournament, Raiply Malawi Limited’s Chief Executive Officer, Chrishna Das, said most forests in the country have water sources hence the need to plant more trees.
“This year we are planting trees on 1000 hectares in Chikangawa Forest alone, 200 hectares in Zomba, 100 hectares at Chigumula in Blantyre and some in Mulanje, that is our commitment to deal away with deforestation in the country,” said Das.
On the future of Volleyball sponsorship, the Raiply’s CEO cited the global economic woes as reasons for delay to raise the sponsorship package but he was quick to promise to engage Volleyball Association of Malawi (VAM) on the matter.
“We will sit down with VAM and work together on how best the package of the national Volleyball Championship should be considering a lot of factors,” he added.
In his remarks the northern region Sports and Recreation Officer at the Malawi National Sports Council, Gracian Mkandawire, who presided over the ceremony thanked Raiply Malawi Limited and the Volleyball Association of Malawi for their contribution towards the fulfillment of the 7th enabler of the Malawi Vision 2063 which dwells on environmental sustainability.
“It is very important to see Raiply Malawi Limited working towards fulfilling the 7th goal of the Malawi Vision 2063 which dwells on environmental sustainability, let’s protect our Forests together,” Mkandawire said.
During the finals of this 13th edition Raiply National Volleyball Championship, Moyale Barracks men defeated Kamuzu Barracks 3-2 while in women’s category Wolves trashed Vixens 3-1. The champions went away with a trophy each and 18 gold medals while the runners-up in both categories got 18 silver medals.
Third ranked teams went away with 18 bronze medal and consolation cash prizes. Individual outstanding performers in both categories were rewarded and in addition were also media awards for online, print and electronic categories.
