The SASH-Program Meeting Updates

The SASH-Program meeting of Saturday 31st June 2018 started at 09:00AM with a word of prayer from Etomes Marcel, Executive of FOEPSUD who called on God’s wisdom and blessing on the participants. This was followed by a word of welcome from the Executive Director of The Greens who briefed partners of about the SASH-Program as well as the purpose of the meeting.

The SASH-Program as reiterated by Mr. Green is a community service program that strives to educate, inspire and engage young people of the North West Region of Cameroon in community service during this 2018 summer holiday (from July 2^nd to August 30^th 2018).

He said the goal of the program was to engage in community service at least 20 young people and that the purpose of the meeting was to draw up an activity calendar for the summer holiday program.

After careful deliberations, It was agreed that we call the SASH-Program Participants “Earth Rangers” and that we will create an ordered corps wherein these young people will have the sense and spirit of leadership and guardianship over the earth. Also envisaged for the future during the meeting was Earth Rangers Summer camp or the SASH-Summer Camp.

For 8 Weeks during the months of July and August 2018, the Earth Rangers of the SASH-Program will engage in 120 hours of community service.

The July program of activities is as follows:

Week	Day	Activity
Week 1 2^nd – 7^th July	Tuesday	Sensitization and Registration of Earth Rangers at The Greens office
	Thursday	Introduction of the SASH-Program/Earth Rangers, Creative Name Tags , Arts and Movie Screening
	Friday	Movie screening of Dr. Seus, The Lorax and other inspiring movies, Drama, Poetry and Arts for the environment
	Saturday	Green Radio. Earth Rangers say their mission and what they hope to achieve this summer holiday by serving the community.
Week 2 9^th – 14^th July	Tuesday	Visit to the Regional Delegation of Environment, Protection of Nature and Sustainable Development to present the Earth Rangers to the Delegate of Environment. Environmental Education Training at the conference Hall of the Regional Delegation.
	Thursday	Visit to HYSACAM Landfill and a Plastic Polluted Site at Mbengwi Park Plastic cleanup and collection of Plastic Bottles to The Greens HQ and RETAFO for plastic recycling
	Friday	Tree Planting at Nkwen Fon’s Palace
	Saturday	Green Radio. Earth Rangers share their experiences serving the community and educate the population about Plastic Pollution
Week 3 16^th – 21^st July	Tuesday	Waste Management Training and Vertical Farming Training at The Greens
	Thursday	Arts and Crafts from Waste and Training in Plastic Recycling at The Greens
	Friday	Recycling plastic waste and nursing of trees at RETAFO
	Saturday	Green Radio: Earth Rangers share their experiences serving the community and educate the population about Waste Management
Week 4 23^rd – 28^th July	Tuesday	Training in Snail Farming and Composting at The Greens
	Thursday	Tire upcycling/Snail Farming at The Greens
	Friday	Nursing of Trees, Tire upcycling and Snail farming at RETAFO
	Saturday	Green Radio: Earth Rangers share their experiences serving the community and educate the population about Composting
Week 5 30^th July – 4^th August	Tuesday	Recycling Plastics at The Greens
	Thursday	Tree planting and Anti-Litter Campaign at University of Bamenda
	Friday	Tree nursing at RETAFO
	Saturday	Green Radio: Earth Rangers share their experiences serving the community and educate the population about Plastic Recycling.