A LEADER of an organization belonging to the Roman Catholic said it is important to encourage the youth to participate in the campaign of making the country greener.
Sister Cynthia V. Lagaso, director of the Franciscan Immaculate Sisters Vocation Club (FisVoc), expressed this in her letter to Retired Colonel Agerico Amagna, chief of the Veterans Memorial and Historial Division of the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO).
Lagaso requested Amagna to allow the FISVoc youth to conduct a tree planting inside the Capas National Shrine (CNS).
Through Engineer Darwin Campo, the religious group, along with youth from Tarlac, Bataan and Cavite, on Sunday, November 7, 2021, planted several seedlings of Bignay Plants at the open space of the shrine compound.
Lagaso cited the advocacy of the Inter-Franciscan Commission on Youth Philippines entitled "Every Juan can make a change! Juan for all and all for Juan."
She also mentioned Juan to Tree, a tree-planting drive in response to 500 Years of Christianity and Laudato Si's platform.
Juan to Tree aims to make the country greener by encouraging the youth to organize a tree planting, according to Lagaso.
Campo thanked the Franciscan Immaculate Sister and the FISVoc youth who came all the way from Novaliches in Quezon City.
The shrine curator said that some 11,600 assorted trees were planted inside the CNS compound in honor and memory of the 25,000 Filipino and 6,000 American soldiers who died in the camp during World War 2.
Campo said they are targeting to plant a total of 31,000 trees around the shrine.