In the sidelines of the Scientific and Technical Council meeting held from 29th July, to 1st August, 2019 in Addis Ababa-Ethiopia, AfWA delegates, led by the STC chairman and AfWA Executive Director participated in an afforestation campaign initiated by the Ethiopian Government.

On Monday 29th July 2019, a major reforestation operation took place in Ethiopia. According to the Ethiopian government, not less than 350 million trees were planted in the East African country in the Horn on the said day. This is in addition to those planted since the beginning of May as part of an operation called "Green Legacy" whose main objective is to set a good example for the rest of the world to see and to plant no less than 4 billion trees by October!

AfWA members who were holding a meeting in the country decided not to stay out of this eco-citizen action and so after the closing ceremony of the meeting on 1st August 2019, the delegates joined the Mayor of the city of Addis Ababa to plant trees at the site dedicated for this purpose. A gesture hailed by the Honourable Mr. Takele Uma Banti who expressed his gratitude to AfWA for taking part in this campaign.

On his part, Mr. Sylvain Usher, Executive Director of the Association intimated that tree planting contributes to the fight against global warming and forms part of efforts towards the provision of access to water in Africa.

The delegates expressed were delighted to have had the opportunity to contribute the reforestation activities of Ethiopia.