On Friday 24.2.2023 at 11.00 am, in cooperation with the Police Headquarters and in particular the Sub-Directorate for the Management of Vulnerable Persons' Cases (YDYEP) of the Police Headquarters, we are implementing the last tree planting of my term of office - as a last political act.
As such, I wanted to be particularly symbolic by creating the Forest of Strength and Hope by planting one hundred trees in Arona with the valuable support of the Police Leadership, members of the YDYEP and students of the Police Academy.
1 tree for every 38 cases handled by the Police in 2022.
1 tree for every 38 cases handled by the Police in 2022. A total of 3800 cases with about 3500 thousand involving domestic violence and another 300 cases of sexual abuse of children.
By creating this small forest, in addition to the environmental benefit that the action will provide, we seek to send a message to every victim of violence that they are not alone. Walking in this space, each of us will be able to see in the view of the trees another 3800 thousand anonymous victims.
The issues of abuse and the long discussions with children and adults who go through the suffering of mental rehabilitation and justice do not leave us unmoved.
Environment Commissioner, Forest Department, and Police Headquarters, we join forces by creating together the Forest of Power and Hope.
Together we create the Forest of Power and Hope.
Each tree as a symbol of hope and an ingrained wish that their oxygen and light will foster a culture of reducing these phenomena, but also empowering victims that they are not alone.
A forest that will be a refuge for anyone seeking strength from nature, symbolizing the embrace of every good human thought of hope in life, but also vigilance by every non-victim in how we anticipate and prevent a potential victim that may be breathing next to us. It concerns us.
(PM/EP/SX)
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