planting trees – Beyond The Return https://beyondthereturngh.com A Decade Of African Renaissance Sat, 23 Jul 2022 03:19:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://beyondthereturngh.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-btr-logo-fav-1-32x32.png planting trees – Beyond The Return https://beyondthereturngh.com 32 32 GTA, Beyond the Return Plant Trees to Commemorate Juneteenth with the Diaspora https://beyondthereturngh.com/gta-beyond-the-return-plant-trees-to-commemorate-juneteenth-with-the-diaspora/ Mon, 20 Jun 2022 20:08:00 +0000 https://beyondthereturngh.com/?p=2974

The Ghana Tourism Authority, Beyond the Return Secretariat and the Forestry Commission came together on Friday June 17th for a tree planting exercise at Achimota Forest to commemorate the Juneteenth holiday (June 19) celebrated in the United States. With a strong diaspora community in Ghana, it was important to acknowledge this holiday because it recognizes the date when all enslaved Africans in the U.S. were officially free; June 19, 1865.

Diaspora Affairs, Office of the President and Ghana Investment Promotion Centre were also in attendance to participate in the planting of trees. Members of the diaspora community gathered and also participated. For some it was symbolic of coming back home to plant a tree in honour of their ancestors.

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