WNS SUSTAINS "ROMANIA HAS NEW ROOTS"(II)

The green national campaign "Romania prinde radacini" – “Romania has new roots” continued on 22nd of March 2009 at Dabuleni, Dolj. Volunteers planted about 35. 000 trees (acacia) on areas affected by the wind and by the drought from the south of Romania on July 2008.

This project was initiated by the media trust Realitatea-Catavencu, sustained by Petrom Oil Company and MaiMultVerde Non-Governmental Organization, together with RNP Romsilva and will go on for the next 5 years, on each spring and autumn.

19 WNS volunteers (7 employees) together with the 300 volunteers from the NGO "MaiMultVerde" - "MoreThanGreen" - planted an 9ha. area. According to the statistics made by this association, they planted about 9.000 trees in 4-5 hours.

Despite of the poor number of tools, by the end of the day they required other two areas to plant and they managed to finish the work very quickly. Congratulations to all!

Next planting actions:

• on Friday, 27th of March 2009, at Sculeni, nearby Iasi;


• on Fiday 24th of march 2009, at Comanesti, Bacau.

If you want to participate, please contact: ionut@maimultverde.ro.

Many thanks to NGO MaiMultVerde!

See the pictures below...

GREEN ACTIVITIES MARCH 2009

• Terra Ecologica continue On 21 and 22 of March his planting trees campaign in Jilava. All volunteers are expected at 9:00 o’clock at the entrance of Eroii Revolutiei subway (near mall). Contact: Simona Cretu- Terra Ecologica. Tel.: 072901995

• Eco activity in Cernica forest- spring cleanup! Saturday, 21th of march at 10:00 at the entrance of Cora Pantelimon hypermarket (last tram station for 14, 46 and 55). From that point, till Cernica forest there are maxi taxi buses (2 Lei ticket). You will need plastic bags for the garbage and some gloves for protection (provided by our company for every each volunteer). contact: 0766 761 437 “Ecologia'n'sange” NGO.

• Planting trees national campaign: On the 22nd of March, we will try to continue our campaign started last weekend “Romania prinde radacini” with a big activity in Dabuleni (Dolj dept.)at ~250km. The NGO “MaiMultVerde” will take care of the transportation (buses- let’s fill oneJ); the departure time will be at 7:00 AM in front of Ateneul Roman (Revolutiei square). Contact:

PICTURES FROM DABULENI, DOLJ

WNS SUSTAINS "ROMANIA HAS NEW ROOTS" CAMPAIGN

Our green activities started with a lot of passion and implication on the 6th of March 2009, when WNS Global Services (Romania) S.R.L. sustained the NGO “Terra Ecologica” - an association who want to green the outskirts of Bucharest - to the first planting action of this year. The weather was favorable for an eight hours hard working, when five voluntareers (two WNS employees) planted on a private property from Dragomiresti Vale about 200 trees: red oaks and black walnuts. These trees were procured with financial resources obtained by Terra Ecologica and WNS will continue to sustain them in future campaigns.

On Sunday, 15th of March 2009, 7 WNS employees and 4 of our friends, together with the Non-Governmental Organization Mai Mult Verde – “More than Green” – participated at one of the most mediated green national campaign “Romania prinde radacini” – “Romania has new roots” – at Suditi, Ialomita.

“I met at 8.00 A.M. with Pinky, Ana, Simona, Paul, Valentin, Nica, Andrei (Nica’s brother) and some of our friends in front of the Romanian Athenaeum and we left with 3 buses asleep, but enthusiastic. After a two hours trip, we were very surprised to see about 2000 people from sport, media, politics (of course) and even from police J who want to plant 35.000 trees. In this situation, we managed to plant just maximum 3 trees / person L - and we finished our area very fast. We had some pictures & sandwiched just like at a picnic – the weather was perfect – and we took with us our garbage as long as the local administration “forgot” about the bins. So, one hour of work and 4 hours of trip? Hmmm…Hope next Sunday will be less people and more trees. We saw a lot of personal cars (where are the real eco-friendly people?!) and even a helicopter - which certainly functioned on gas. A campaign just for image?” (Maria Chirila)

Special thanks to Ms. Pinky Dsouza, Team Manager for Avon Team. She accepted our invitation and promised to join us to next campaigns: “I will be glad to share my thoughts. A story goes that a wicked man once unintentionally watered a sapling while washing his hands. On account of this he was rewarded with one day stay in heaven. The basic objective of accompanying the “Romania Prinde Radacini” team through WNS was to “Plant a Tree”, provide a simple and tangible way to make a difference. However, with the high turnaround of people made me feel that we all spoke a common language. Climate change and habitat loss are two of the greatest environmental challenges of our time. We are making extraordinary strides to restore native forests that will clean the air we breathe, filter the water we drink, enhance habitat for wildlife and create new recreation areas that we can all enjoy. This was a first of its kind activity for me, where in I never participated in India ever. However, the fact remains that as long as we plant a tree whose top will reach the sun, and its branches spread abroad, so that it can be seen afar off. May its growth never be choked and may it shade your country and ours with its leaves of life. Regards, Pinky”

AND WE WILL NOT STOP HERE!

• On Sunday, 22th of March 2009, we will continue this campaign at Dabuleni, Dolj ~250km from Bucharest.

VOLUNTAREERS FROM WNS & TERRA ECOLOGICA

On the 6th of March 2009, WNS Global Services (Romania) S.R.L. sustained the NGO “Terra Ecologica” - an association who want to green the outskirts of Bucharest - to the first planting action of this year. The weather was favorable for an eight hours activity, when five voluntareers (two WNS employees) planted on a private property from Dragomiresti Vale about 200 trees: red oaks and black walnuts. These trees were procured with financial resources obtained by Terra Ecologica and WNS will continue to sustain them in future campaigns.

At international level, WNS Global Services has already a tradition and an eco-friendly culture (http://www.wnsgs.com/community.php by his internal and external project named „Green Lean Sigma”. One of the main Company's value is to recognize and fulfill the responsibilities to the communities around it. One January 2008 WNS lauched a new office in Romania where started to sustain these kind of campaigns.

By exemple, on the 17th of July 2008, WNS Romania participated to a local ecological activity - clean up Dambovita river borders, at Popesti-Leordeni, nearby Bucharest. The initiative was organised by the Local Administration of District 4 - Bucharest, ‚,Apele Romane” (ANAR), Holcim (Romania) and an NGO - "Save Danube & Delta!". For about two hours, 50 voluntareers (9 WNS employees) collected almost 1 ton of waste, PETs, packs and buiding materials. The campaign "Keep the waters clean!" consists in ecological activities on the Romanian borders of the rivers.

On Sunday, the 15th of march 2009, around 12 WNS Romania employees will plant trees together with the Association "MaiMultVerde" - "MoreThanGreen" - on the reafforestation campaign "Romania prinde radacini" - "Romania has new roots" - at Suditi, Ialomita. We hope to see the results in few years. But we would like to create responsability and to implicate more and more people in order to make our town air more breathable for us and for our children.

As in Bucharest there are just a few opportunities to plant, it is necessary to develop such activities around the capital. Even if it forbidden by law, many green areas became supermarkets, business parks or parking areas.

Voluntary activities can contribute to the sustainable development during the adaption process to the climate changing.

Giving trust to such campaings means to establish rigorously rules for great results like reducing the consumption, the Co2 footprint etc. But, without a big scale gas emissions reducing, these temporary activites cannot contribue to attenuate the effects of the climate changing.

PICTURES WITH VOLUNTAREERS

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