Club part of worldwide Don Bosco Green Alliance

(MissionNewswire) Students at Don Bosco Primary School in Soyapango, El Salvador, launched a new ecology club, which aims to promote care for the planet. The opening ceremony was chaired by the club’s counselor, Dr. Morena Díaz, in collaboration with the school’s teachers. The event also paid tribute to Samuel Bonilla, one of the collaborators of the school in the gardening sector. He took part in the ceremony and supported the students in planting a small shrub as a symbolic act of commitment to nature.

The ecology club was started in line with other activities of the overall provincial plan of the Salesian Province of Central America and with an institutional agreement with the Don Bosco Green Alliance, an international platform for the Green Salesian Movement that contributes to global environmental action, thought and policy. Don Bosco Green Alliance was launched in April 2018 in India. In just five years, the Don Bosco Green Alliance has gained 611 registered members from 86 countries.

A Salesian said, “Salesian schools and centers around the globe have been launching activities that promote sustainable practices and care for the planet. Teaching about these environmental concerns empowers life-long commitment for youth and allows them to pay these lessons forward to their families and community.”

Close to 22% of El Salvador’s population lives in poverty, according to the World Bank. Youth in El Salvador are confronted not only with poverty but with instability, high levels of violence and inadequate access to educational opportunities. Despite ranking high for economic indicators, the need for practical education in El Salvador is more important than ever with 12% of youth ages 15-24 unemployed and 41 percent underemployed.

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