By Staff Writer
On Sunday 11th September, Uganda will hold the biggest sustainability event in Africa – the Green Festival which will take place at the Kololo Independence Grounds in Kampala.
The event is organized by Uganda’s Little Hands Go Green a civil society organization that spearheads environmental conservation education among children and are the proud recipients of the 2014 and 2015 National Environment Recognition Awards for our pioneering a new form of civic responsibility and leadership in the fight against climate change by using children as the main drivers of environmental conservation.
The previous Green Festival has had the president of Uganda grace the event twice and planted a symbolic fruit tree with the children at Kololo airstrip making history as the first president to ever plant a tree at the place where Uganda got its independence.
The event that attracts a mammoth crowd of over 10,000 children and parents is aimed at enlightening the children on the values of conserving our environment through fun engaging activities.
Having spent the period between February and August 2016 canvassing the schools, planting symbolic trees in these schools that stretch from Mityana to Jinja, Mbale, gulu and Kampala and Mukono, the Green Festival will then be the ultimate celebration of the efforts of these children in greening up their country.
Aside from the massive fun activities for both children and their parents, there will also be exhibitors who will share with the children the different and fun ways to protect their environment. Some of the exhibitors include schools science projects, sNature Uganda, Chimpanzee Sanctuary, NEMA.
The entertainment will feature talent exhibitions from the attending children that is fashion shows, dancing, poetry, singing among many others.
There will be guest performances from, Triplets commonly known as the Sitya Loss Kids, Khalifa Aganaga, Mun G and music played all through by award winning Dj duo Dj Slick Stuart and Dj Roja,
The Green Festival is a family fun fare festival that will start at 9am and closes at 6pm at a fee of 10,000 shillings for the kids and Free for parents.
