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Valentina Elangbam is now brand ambassador for Chief Minister's Green Manipur Mission
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 07 2019:
9-year-old Valentina Elangbam, who recently was showered with many applauds from all corners of the State for her genuine concern for trees, has now become a 'Brand Ambassador' for Chief Minister's Green Manipur Mission.
She will remain a brand ambassador for a period of one year and all official tree plantation activities will be taken up recognising her 'immense love and exemplary affection for trees' to generate mass awareness on conservation of environment, said an order of the Government.
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She will be involved in various Government sponsored plantation programmes including ceremonial tree plantations, VIP involved plantations World Environment Day and Van-Mahotsav, Departmental sponsored plantations, etc, it said.
She will be part of all advertisement and campaigns which promotes increase in green cover in Manipur.
She will be provided honorarium at Government rates, transportation facilities, food and lodging at admissible rates by the sponsoring Government Department, said the order.
It may be mentioned that a video of Valentina crying inconsolable for felling trees she had planted 5 years ago went viral on Facebook on August 3 .
Uploaded by her uncle Elangbam Monen, the video has been shared more than 2,700 times on Facebook.
Many well wishers including forest officials and police officers had gifted her tree saplings and planted various trees.
Valentina, a Class V student of Amutombi Divine Life English School, Wabagai is eldest of three children of Elangbam Premkumar and Elangbam Ongbi Saya of Hiyanglam Makha Leikai, Kakching district.
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