A special dinner concert for an environmental cause dubbed Mano Grooves for the Mangroves was held Feb. 17 in Dumaguete.
Featuring balladeer Manolito Saldivar, the show raised enough funds to procure 10,000 mangrove propagules for planting by the 79th Infantry Batallion of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
Justin Vaughn Salvador pledged 5,000 mangrove seedlings in behalf of his family.
The propagules will be planted on March 19 as contribution of the 79th IB for the 10M in 10 project initiated by the Energy Development Corp. that aims to plant 10 million trees in Negros Island in a span of 10 years.
To date, 45,000 mangroves have been planted in the coast line of barangay Mainit in Tanjay City.
The event was sponsored by Friends of Earth convened by Laarni Lee, Mano Saldivar’s Group, and the Negros Oriental ROTC Association of Corps Commanders led by Col. Alfred Guath of the Philippine Army. The EDC was represented by Christine Jimiena. (Sidney Lee)
