The Tano South District Secretariat of National
Disaster and Management Organization (NADMO) in collaboration with the Parks and Garden and Forestry Departments embarked on a rainstorms alert public education
and tree planting exercise in the district during the latter part of last year 2015.
The Acting Tano South District Co-Ordinator of NADMO, Mr. Martin K. Agyeman said, the main
purpose of the exercise was to educate the community members on the causes of
rainstorm disaster and measures to combat it. He said, the district recorded
thirty –nine ( 39) rainstorm/windstorm outbreaks last year and advised that,
people should refrain from activities which could degrade the land and
said, most of the rainstorm outbreaks which occurred in the district affected some schools in the district.
Mr. Martin K. Agyemang,
Acting NADMO Co-Ordinator ( middle) addressing the community members
Mr. Agyemang said, since last year, his
outfit had been able to plant six
hundred and ninety-five ( 695)
different species of seedlings in some
selected communities district wide to
serve as windbreaks and for other medicinal purposes and also urged the heads
of the various schools to plant more trees in their schools to prevent the
wind/ rainstorm outbreaks.
Mr. Agyemang said, wind/ rainstorm outbreaks has
effects on both Human, Buildings and Animals and informed the community members
not to embark on activities which would cause erosion to the environment.
Some of the NADMO staff
and pupils in a tree planting excises
The exercise which was embarked on by the Tano South
District Secretariat of National Disaster and Management Organization also made
the community members to know the exact core functions of the department. In all
the seven (7) communities the exercise took place, residents promised to plant
more trees to serve as windbreaks and check erosion.
