Bengaluru: Bosco Youth of Bangalore Archdiocese has celebrated the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi (Gandhi Jayanti) by pledging a greener nature.

Around 41 Bosco youth and their animators on October 2 planted more than 1,000 saplings at Kishore Farm, Manchanahalli, Chikkaballapur district about 60 km from Bengaluru city. It was part of a mega rural plantation drive organized by the Lions Club International, Region IV.

It was yet another opportunity for the members of Bosco Youth to pledge towards a greener nature, Fathers William D’Souza, the regional director of Bosco Youth, Karnataka, explained.

He said the youth group is guided by the motto “Together Towards a Better World.”

Also present were Fathers Arun Kumar, the assistant parish priest of Don Bosco Church, Lingarajapuram, and Anil D’Sa, the youth director of Bangalore archdiocese, the founder of Eco Pals. Sister Maria Rajalakshmi, the director of Auxilium Youth. also joined the youth.

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  1. Green is the way forward. Happy Gandhi Jayanti.

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