In the Sumy region, as part of the President’s program “Green Country”, foresters from the Pivnichnyi Forest Office branch joined students from the Neskuchanske School Forestry to plant a young forest.

 

The students of this school forestry are active participants in the FOREST KIDS TikTok project — an initiative by the communications team of SFE “Forests of Ukraine.”

 

They film short videos right in the forest, showing what life in a school forestry looks like from the inside and how exciting it can be to explore nature.

 

Graduates Vanya and Pasha also came to help with the planting. Although they are now university students, they happily return to their school forestry to spend time in nature and share their experience with younger students — just as the foresters once did with them.

 

Myroslava and Katya recorded several TikTok videos on site to show their followers how amazing it feels to be in the forest and to create new forests with your own hands. Everyone that day planted their own tree.

 

While her friends were planting, Vlada, another school forestry member, enjoyed a cup of hot forest tea from a thermal mug she received from “Forests of Ukraine” for her participation in FOREST KIDS.

 

And yes — that’s part of the process too: to pause, look around, and truly feel that the forest is right beside you.