The Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Mr. Jiwoh Abdulai has launched the Reforestation Project at the Kasewe Forest Reserve in Moyamba District.

The project aims to plant 10,000 (ten thousand) assorted trees by the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change in partnership with Orange Sierra Leone. One of the major project outcomes focuses on the protection of over four water points at the foot slope of Kasewe Forest Reserve (KFR) with fragmented catchments and springs which recharge the two streams flowing at Bunkababi Bridge, West of KFR and Moyamba Junction Bridge, Southeast of KFR.

This intervention will encourage the communities to work in close collaboration with the Ministry of the Environment for cooperation and participation in the management of the Forest Reserve.

The launch of the project was witnessed by various stakeholders from three Chiefdoms notably, Kori, Yoni and Fakunya respectively. They charged Orange Telecommunication Company to extend its network to-hard-to-reach areas within Moyamba District for the benefit of other communities.

The Chief Director in the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Edward Bendu expressed gratitude for the tree planting initiative rolled out by Orange Company at the Kasewe Forest Reserve disclosing that Sierra Leone is losing its forest cover because of massive deforestation.

As part of rolling out its Corporate Social Responsibility to the people of Moyamba District, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Orange Sierra Leone, Sekou Amadou Bah said the company's local strategy is to positively impact local communities where it operates. He mentioned the Environment, Health and Safety Week which is organized annually aimed at increasing the planting of trees through the support of CSR Directorate and the Chief Climate Officer of the company.

Orange, he said contributed a lot in education, health, and environmental activities, is currently utilizing 70% of renewable energy at its sites notably, shops and data centres and underscored that the use of renewable energy and the planting of trees would contribute to zero carbon by 2024.