AS part of activities commemorating World Environment Day on June 5, almost 30 students from New Hope Primary and Kings Primary School joined farmers, Forestry Department representatives, environmental wardens, and the Sandals Foundation to plant fruit trees in Whitehouse, Westmoreland.

The activity formed part of the foundation’s support of Jamaica’s Reforestation, Ecological Enhancement and Landscape Framework (RE-LEAF) initiative.

As part of its commitment, the philanthropic organisation has distributed 360 fruit trees to schools and farmers to aid landscape restoration and food security efforts.