Taking Care of Sapling

   Written by: Mir Aqa Etibar

Every year money saplings are planting in different parts of Afghanistan but some of them are broken of pull out by some children and cause some problems to the people and the environment.

AEPO’s writer/producer has talked to some people about this issue.

Hashmat, a resident of Kabul city says: “I planted a cherry sapling in front of my house. I was always watering and taking care of it. A year later, when it was grown well, a naughty boy broke it. I became very sad. Then I grafted it but got no result.”

Frishta, a resident of Kabul city says: “once my father planted a sapling in our garden. My cousin cut it. My father complained to my uncle. My uncle did not care about it and her quarreled with my father and in the result, my uncle and my father were not talking to each other for several months.”

An Islamic religion scholar, Ghulam Mullah says: “our prophet, Muhammad (peace be upon him) says: All the creatures on the earth and in the sky praise Allah. If a person causes to eliminate Allah’s prayers, He would commit a big sin.”

Muhammad Iqbal, an official of National Environment Protection Agency of Afghanistan says: “Eliminating saplings and trees in the environment are causing major problems to the social life. If there is no tree, people might be deprived of the fruits; air pollution might threaten the health and well-being of the people at any moment; there might not be a suitable place for sports and recreation, and the temperature would increase so many times in the summer.”

What do people think about the causes of this issue?

Muhammad Reza, a resident of Kabul city says: “some children like to play with new sapling and sometimes they cut it.”

Sayed Hanif says: “a child cut one of the saplings from our front yard. When I asked the reason, he said that her mother had asked him to bring a stick for hitting his small boy.”

How could people take care of saplings?

Muhammad Reza says: “we planted saplings in our front yard not far from of the house. We are watering them regularly and always take care of them. All the members of our family watch them out if any child cut or move them or not. All the saplings grew well.”

Farshad says: “We were planting saplings in our front yard every year but some children we cutting them. Finally, we made a metal fence around the sapling and all the saplings are safe and growing well.”