Diplomats, officials, students and local communities joined the citywide greening effort, highlighting collective action to expand tree cover in Dhaka.
Shakti Foundation planted 3,000 trees in Dhaka in a one-day initiative marking World Environmental Health Day on September 26, bringing together members of the diplomatic community, government officials, local residents and students.
The initiative, titled “Roots of Resilience: Planting 3,000 Trees in One Day”, involved representatives from the Baridhara, Gulshan and Banani societies as well as the 55 Kodomtola volunteer group.
Participants included Engineer Md. Riazul Islam, chairman of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK), Bangladesh’s capital development authority, along with several foreign diplomats.
They included British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke, Michael Miller, ambassador and head of the European Union Delegation in Bangladesh, Canadian High Commissioner Ajit Singh, Swedish Ambassador Nicolas Weeks and Norwegian Ambassador Håkon Arald Gulbrandsen.
Representatives from the U.S. Embassy in Dhaka and the Australian High Commission in Bangladesh also took part in the initiative.
Students and teachers from Scholastica, Sir John Wilson School and Aurora International School joined the tree-planting programme.
The initiative was supported by representatives from the Baridhara, Gulshan and Banani societies and 55 Kodomtola: Greening Gulshan and Banani Lakeside.
