A congressman from Rizal whose district suffered devastating floods this year has launched a forest conservation and rehabilitation campaign in a bid to encourage the youth to become more proactive in protecting the environment.
Deputy Majority Leader and Rizal Rep. Fidel Nograles Jr., along with more than 200 students from Colegio de Montalban, University of Rizal System, as well as San Mateo Municipal College, planted 1,000 bamboo saplings along Wawa Dam in Rodriguez town.
The town, as well as the neighboring San Mateo were among those badly-hit when Typhoon Ulysses struck in November.
Nograles said the “Save Our Forests Now” program is “a good opportunity to make the youth more involved in climate advocacy.”
“Many young people are ready to help. We only have to open up avenues for them to be able to direct their desire and energies to worthy causes,” Nograles said.