GO GREEN CAMPAIGN: RADIO PACIS DISTRIBUTES SEEDLINGS AS RAINS RETURN
Radio Pacis staff (Otim Stephen Palaring and Ceasar Canon Acidri) at God’s Glory Nursery bed while after receiving the different seedlings (Phot by Peter Okello)
By Biko Rombe
Gulu City
Radio Pacis has started distributing tree seedlings to listeners who won them during the 2026 Go Green Campaign as the second planting season begins.
The campaign started in April and will run until October. Listeners won seedlings by answering questions during Radio Pacis programmes, with the seedlings now being distributed following the return of rains. The listeners won the seedling at the start of the campaign in April but the distribution waited for the rain season
Among the beneficiaries is Odokonyero Richard, a farmer from Amuru who received about 300 seedlings, including pine, jackfruit, avocado, orange and eucalyptus.
Odokonyero Richard while collecting his seedlings from Radio Pacis
He says he won the seedlings during a Radio Pacis programme hosted by otim Stephen AKA palaring in April and plans to plant them now that the rains have returned, with hopes of benefiting financially from the trees in the future.
The seedlings are being supplied by Waneno Anyim Nursery bed and God’s Glory Nursery bed located in koro kal, Laroo -Pece city division in Gulu city, which have supported the Radio Pacis Go Green Campaign for the three consecutive years.
Acidri Caesar, the Radio Pacis salesperson, thanked Waneno Anyim and God’s Glory for supporting the campaign and encouraged communities to take responsibility for environmental conservation through tree planting.
Team from Radio Pacis while packing the seedlings from God’s Gory Nursery Bed in Koro Kal along Gulu-Kampala high way (Photo by Peter Okello)
Meanwhile, William Ocen, owner of Waneno Anyim Nursery Bed in Gulu City, is encouraging farmers to plant the seedlings now, saying the current rains provide enough time for trees to establish before the next dry period.
Pamela Concy Ayero the proprietor of God’s Glory Nursery bed, who sells seedlings and flowers, also urged communities to increase tree planting, citing the effects of inadequate tree cover on rainfall and drought.
She says trees can provide communities with fuel, income and other benefits while contributing to environmental conservation.
The second planting season generally runs from August or September to December, giving farmers an opportunity to establish trees and other crops as the rains return.
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