On June 5, the C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre (CPREEC), in Chennai, India, celebrated World Environment Day 2024 with a lovely day devoted to planting trees.

At a school for the speech and hearing impaired, the Dr. M.G.R. Home & Higher Secondary School in Ramapuram, Chennai, Dr. Sudhakar, the Director of CPREEC, led a program distributing saplings and planting them on the school grounds. Chennai is a large city in south India on the coast.

Among the plants were Indian Gooseberry, which is a plant native to India that can be helpful with respiratory problems. Among the other plants, Hibiscus are bright, colorful flowers. Jasmine has a lovely fragrance. Great Basil is a tropical herb that grows well in plenty of sunlight. A total of fifteen saplings were planted by 78 teachers and teacher trainees.

It is a very hot time of year there now, but it’s still a good time to put plants in the ground.

The students at the school, who are deaf, are appreciative of plants which have bright colors and intriguing scents, which appeal to the senses of sight and smell. They enjoy being out in nature and experiencing the beauty of the school grounds.

Dr Sudhakar spoke to the students about the benefits of trees and other plants. They improve the quality of the air that people breathe, and they encourage other living beings to take up residence there – such as butterflies and birds. As the students learn about plants, they become more aware of the beauty and benefits of the whole of nature.

The funds sent to CPREEC by Forest Voices of India, which were donated by generous people attending events in Kanab, Utah. were used to purchase the many varieties of saplings, which will now grow into beautiful trees to enrich the lives of the students and teachers at the school.

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