Uganda’s Ariokot Faith to attempt the Guinness World Record for the ‘longest tree hug’

Ariokot Faith Patricia is a 29 year old Ugandan born who wants her name embedded in the Guinness World Records.  Faith is a tree planter and a climate activist who started a tree planting initiative called& Faith In Trees& to focus on using education and simple knowledge to promote tree planting in Uganda and world over.& “We use a plantable pencil called& boom pencil& and this pencil has seeds inside which can be used by scholars and children who plant the seeds after use,” she revealed.& With her campaign and help from well-wishers, they’ve been able to give out 50,000 pencils each year for the last 2 years and they’ve been able to give out success cards to candidates in schools — they have managed to reach 10,000 children. A remarkable milestone for her efforts.  ALSO READ: Ugandan chef Mama D aims to break the Guiness World Record for longest Cooking Marathon  Ariokot Faith picks her inspiration from Wangara Mathai and her father who have the utmost admiration and love for trees. Mathai was a Kenyan social, environmental and political activist who founded Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organisation focused on planting tress, environmental conservation and women’s rights. She...