ECHO takes primary students on informative tour in Region Six

Nov 10, 2009 News

Last Saturday, the Environmental Community Health Organization (ECHO) managed a tour of seventy-five (75) children and twenty (20) teachers and other officials, to the Skeldon Sugar Estate and Nand Persaud Co. Ltd., in Region Six.

According to the organizers, it was part of a wider programme to educate the children on the challenges and opportunities embedded in climate change. Noting this balance is crucial to the sustainable development of our local communities. This tour was supported by PAHO/WHO and other local businesses.
The objective was to provide an opportunity for the children to see, the kinds of technologies employed within the agricultural industry, at the regional and national levels.
As a result, the organization presented that opportunity to its eco-students. The children were drawn from nine participating public primary schools: – Cornelia Ida, Leonora, Meten-Meer-Zorg, Stella Maris, St Margaret’s, J.E. Burnham, St Andrews, Ketley and Agricola.
At Nand Persaud milling, the children were quite excited by the massive operations there. They received snacks and samples of rice.
Also, at the Skeldon Sugar Estate, the children were well received. They had a close look at the spanking new facility and were told of its construction and purpose.
ECHO in a release thanked both General Managers for the kindness which they accorded the children and all members, while PAHO/WHO was recognized for its substantial contribution to the tour as well as other projects carried out by ECHO. It was noted that the members are tremendously encouraged by the support PAHO/WHO has been giving to the cause of environmental health and the fight against climate change.
Earlier this year, the Environmental Community Health Organization, in collaboration with PAHO/WHO and the Ministry of Education, launched the “schools in Action against Climate Change” project, in schools in regions 3 and 4.
The objectives of the project are:
To raise awareness on climate change in nine public primary schools within six months.
To explain to the children the need for a positive attitude to fight climate change.
To train 150 children to take leadership on environmental issues.
To reduce litter by 50% in six public primary schools in Georgetown within six months.
Eco-clubs have already been set up in the selected schools. These clubs would encourage children to get involved in real environmental activities, including cleanups, raising public awareness about climate change, reducing, reusing, and recycling waste materials, greening their school yards, using water efficiently, restricting the use of plastic and Styrofoam in their schools, environmental tours, debates, exchange programmes, marches, letter writing to local newspapers, radio/television talks and other activities.
Training of eco-club leaders and club members has already commenced.

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