Photo: NESFAS/Betkhiador Lapang
In keeping the Terra Madre Day, the school children and teachers of Lairsluid LP School – Ribhoi organized a cleaning drive in and around the school premises on the on 6th/December/2015. It was a simple gesture to remind themselves about keeping mother earth clean and beautiful.
Apart from cleaning drive the school children also planted around 20 tree saplings of 3 local varieties – Diengngan, Diengjalawan and Diengsohemi around the school. This was done in order to promote the plantation of local varieties of trees which are appropriate to the local climate and soil teaching the children about the importance about thinking of the future.
The day ended with an eat in, where the school teachers contributed local rice from their respective paddy fields and fresh mustard harvested from the garden grown and maintained by the children of the school; school gardens are one of the activities promoted by NESFAS that introduce children to cultivation and indigenous food in an attempt to impart practical education on local foods. The entire celebration was self sponsored with resources available locally.
Reported by Janak Preet Singh
