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A GREENER ENVIRONMENT,

THE GREENER THE GAME

Team Malawi led by its Chef de Mis-
sion Felix Yola on December, 2 2022 joined
Sports Ministers from Zambia, Zimbabwe,
Botswana, South Africa and Mozambique and
the Chief Executive O cer (CEO) AUSC
Region 5 Stanley Mutoya in a tree planting exer-
cise at Nalikule Teachers College.

The aim of planting the trees is to use sports to
conserve the environment as well as one way of
developing and implementing Region 5 games
sport and environment legacy programme.

Making his remarks at the event, Mutoya
emphasized on the need to preserve the envi-
ronment as one way of dealing with natural
disasters which for the past years have a ected
countries such as Malawi and Mozambique.

“We need to conserve and preserve our envi-
ronment. This exercise is part of developing and
implementing the AUSC Region 5 games, sports
and environment legacy program where we are
sending the message to all the athletes in our
countries that we need to conserve the environ-
ment as part of climate change management
strategy. Our environment needs us as its custo-
dians we should ensure that our trees are taken
care of”. Explained Mutoya.

Team Malawi athletes plant
trees during the event

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