Answers from Menengai High School

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17. A place you like

Asked by: Kantonsschule Hohe Promenade (1) | Menengai High School

a)Think about a place close to you that you particularly like. In order to get to know one another better, and understand different lifestyles, I would really appreciate you describing this place (or sending a photograph)

b)Describe a famous person from your country, and explain what in particular impresses you about this person.

b) NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER Wangari Maathai

The tree planting campaign is taking root in my country real fastLatest figures released place Kenya as one of the frontrunners to making this a successThe country started a massive tree planting that saw 140 million trees planted last year.This was in response to the threat of global warming and the subsiding of water supplies.The campaign headed by NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER Wangari Maathai targets 7billion trees by the climatic change conferenceto be held in Copenhagen,Denmark in December.It is said that to invest in our environment is to invest in our future.Kenya we need to do something very fast because currently we have a forest cover of 1.7% against the internationally accepted cover of 10%Under UNEP,this initiative of tree planting is going to go a long way in helping curb all these problems.

18. Solidarity

Asked by: Kantonsschule Hohe Promenade (1) | Menengai High School

a)Think about a situation in your life, in which people in your surroundings have helped one another. Tell us about what happened.

b)Solidarity and climate protection have a lot in common. In your opinion, what does a comment like this mean?

I'm a black kenyan boy of an average height inf Form Two in Menengai High School. I was born in August 20th 1991. The care for our environment had dawned to me when I was in Standard Eight. I felt challenged one day from the news on television. The environmental status of of North Eastern Part of Kenya was quite wanting. This aroused my concern greatly. I pitied the habitants of this part of our country. But what could a young boy like I do? The grass within our school compound had been eaten completely by the fierce scorching sun. Due to this I promised to show some concern about Caring for the School environment. I was highly motivated by my class teacher who supported me and my fellow puipils who soon joined me to combatthe environmental destruction. She adviced me on the right type of grass to plant and even arranged with the school staff to allow us to get water from the school water supply taps. This helped us combat the erosion which was increasing day by day. It was during these ups an ddowns that I discovered my potential and determination in me on whatever I could do best. I subjected myself to several challenges like writing essays on topics related to environmental conservation which called for deep reasoning capacity. I managed to scoop the title of "Overal best boy" in the whole Nakuru Municipal Council Schools. This was a competition held by the Kenya nAtional Library Service in Collaboration with the USAID. This is where I received several trophées for my school St. Josephs Catholic Primary School. The title for the essay was about "sexual abstinence". I personally say Yes in one voice with my fellows to join hands ready to change the nature of our country and the entire world. Conserve the environment, save lives.