A total of 2,500 seedlings have already been planted along the riverbank of Brgy. Tamugan for the on-going Riverside Rehabilitation Project of Davao City Water District and its partners. Recent addition were the 290 Malibago seedlings planted near the junction of the Tamugan River and Talomo River specifically in Sitio Acacia and Sitio Davao Gulf by the students of the University of South Eastern Philippines (USEP) on September 10, members of the Women and the Environment in the Barangay (WEB) on September 1 and members of the Watershed Management Youth Council (WMYC) on August 5.
Said activities are part of the agreement entered into by DCWD, USEP, WMYC, Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers, Watershed Management Coordinating Council and the barangay council of Brgy. Tamugan last October 2011 wherein all parties pledged to jointly use their manpower and resources to rehabilitate, enhance and maintain portions of the Davao River and Tamugan River by planting 5,000 trees along their riverbanks.
The agreement has also become very instrumental in extending help to the scholars of “Tahanan ng Pag-asa” in Lower Tamugan National High School. Aside from the tree planting activity conducted, the USEP students donated nine sacks of rice, goods and used clothings to the 10 beneficiaries of the school’s housing program. This program aims to encourage selected students who live in far flung barangays to pursue and finish secondary education by allowing them to live in a bunkhouse strategically located near the school premises. It can be recalled that June this year, DCWD gave donations to the students and for which school officials and the scholars were very thankful. [Jovana T. Duhaylungsod]
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