The government, through the Postal Corporation of Kenya, has urged junior and senior secondary school students to participate in a letter-writing competition.
Posta, on Thursday, July 20, announced that the students will be tasked with writing a letter to the President to offer solutions that can be adopted to mitigate climate change effects.
Winners of the contests will take home lots of cash prizes with Ksh50,000 also up for grabs.
“The Post Office is a sanctuary for creativity and expression, where artists and writers find inspiration in the act of sending their work out into the world.
“The objective of the competition is to promote the culture of letter writing to the young generation, sharpen their writing skills and promote the art of stamp collection,” the corporation stated.
Students were exclusively asked to write a letter to His Excellency the President explaining why tree planting is important in the conservation of the environment.
The topic was chosen considering President William Ruto’s efforts to combat climate change by increasing the country’s forest cover.
Ruto committed to planting 1.5 billion trees by 2032 to reduce greenhouse emissions, stop and reverse deforestation and restore 5.1 million acres of deforested land.
“We receive over Ksh1 billion annually through tourism because tourists want a good environment and, for the first time, we did water trucking because our wildlife was affected by severe drought. I want to state that planting trees is now a necessary imperative,” Ruto reiterated in July 2023.
The Postal Corporation stated that it would not consider video submissions in an effort to encourage the young generation to draft letters.
“There is also creativity in writing letters as it improves artistic and creative expression while mainlining traditional letter writing,” the corporation added,
All letters should be addressed to the Postmaster General P.O Box 34567-00100 Nairobi attention Manager, Corporate Communication.
“For more details about this, call or WhatsApp us on 07199072600,” the government institution stated.
