{"id":51897,"date":"2024-11-14T11:50:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T11:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/bralirwa-plc-plants-5-000-trees-along-banks-of-river-sebeya\/"},"modified":"2024-11-14T11:51:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T11:51:07","slug":"bralirwa-plc-plants-5-000-trees-along-banks-of-river-sebeya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/bralirwa-plc-plants-5-000-trees-along-banks-of-river-sebeya\/","title":{"rendered":"Bralirwa Plc Plants 5,000 trees along banks of River Sebeya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the company\u2019s \u2018brew a better world\u2019 agenda, Bralirwa donated 5,000 fruit trees and agroforestry seedlings to the residents of Gisenyi Sector in Rubavu District and joined the community for tree planting in a bid to sensitize them on the importance of environmental conservation.<\/p>\n<p>The communal activity, which was graced by the Mayor of Rubavu district, Mr. Mulindwa Prosper, among other distinguished district authorities, was attended by over 200 participants who were thrilled to have some of the fruit trees within their homesteads to improve livelihoods, prevent soil erosion and support biodiversity.    <\/p>\n<p>In his remarks, the Managing Director of Bralirwa, Mr. Etienne Saada, reiterated the company\u2019s efforts towards replenishing watersheds and nature in close collaboration with key stakeholders. \u201cAs a company, we are committed to sustainability and environmental stewardship. Today\u2019s initiative is one of many steps we are taking to create healthier ecosystems and a better planet for generations to come,\u201d said Mr. Etienne.<\/p>\n<p>Bralirwa plants 20,000 trees every year. While 5,000 trees were planted in Rubavu District last week, the remaining will be evenly distributed to districts of Nyarugenge, Kicukiro and Rwamagana during this year\u2019s planting season.<\/p>\n<p>The Mayor of Rubavu District, Mr. Mulindwa Prosper, thanked Bralirwa for their consistent contribution to the environmental conservation efforts within the district and called upon the residents of Gisenyi sector to preserve the trees for their benefits to the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur district takes great pride in our ongoing collaboration with Bralirwa and our shared efforts towards the social, environmental and economic development of the District,\u201d said Mr. Mulindwa. <\/p>\n<p>In September, Bralirwa donated garbage collection bins to cooperatives working along the shores of Lake Kivu in Nyamyumba sector, Rubavu district in commemoration of the world cleanup Day, under the theme \u2018make room for life\u2019. Last year, the company donated 20 million Rwandan Francs for construction materials to the victims of flooding in Rubavu in partnership with Rwanda Red Cross Society. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-77021 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/pic_1-77.jpg\" alt=\"Over 200 people including the leadership and employees of Bralirwa, and residents of Rubavu District participated in the campaign\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-77020 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/pic_6-32.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-77022 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/pic_2-69.jpg\" alt=\"Rubavu District Mayor Prosper Mulindwa participating in the tree planting exercise.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-77023 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/pic_3-60.jpg\" alt=\"These trees, donated by Bralirwa, were planted on Hill Nengo near the Sebeya River.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-77024 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/pic_5-37.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-77025 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/pic_4-47.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, 9th November 2024, Bralirwa Plc, part of the HEINEKEN Company, partnered with Rubavu District to plant 5,000 trees along the banks of river Sebeya and within the community to promote environmental sustainability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":2000077019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-51897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000077019,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile_1-5.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile_1-5.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile_1-5.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile_1-5.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile_1-5.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile_1-5.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000077019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51897"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=51897"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=51897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}