Illustrative image (Source: VNA)Hanoi(VNA) – Save Vietnam’s Wildlife (SVW) has kicked off a project named “GreenChildhood” for nearly 1,200 kindergarten kids in Nho Quan town, the northernprovince of Ninh Binh.
The goal of theproject is to raise awareness of protecting the natural environment and wildlifein Vietnam among children.
The project issponsored by the Welttierschutzgesellschaft e.V., Germany, in collaborationwith the Cuc Phuong National Park and the Nho Quan district’s Division ofTraining and Education.
Ho Thi Kim Lan, SVW Education Outreach Manager, saidchildren today do not have many opportunities to contact with the wildlife andthe “Green Childhood” project is created to solve the problem.
With the “Green Childhood,”children will have chances to take part in field trips to the Cuc PhuongNational Park to study nature and wildlife animals as well as preservationactivities at the Carnivore and Pangolin Education Centre.
There will be a total of 49trips, each for 25 children, with activities designed for kindergarten pupils.
Dinh Thi Nhien, teacher atthe Cuc Phuong kindergarten, said such significant activities will increase kids’love for animals and awareness of nature protection, thus helping them growboth physically and mentally with social skills via interaction with their peers.
She hopes the project will beexpanded to children of other age groups in the district.
Earlier, the SVW organised aconference for 43 officials from the district’s Division of Education andTraining, and teachers from 14 kindergartens in Nho Quan district to introducethe project, preservation activities, as well as the role of education infighting wildlife trafficking.
The project will last untilDecember 2017.
SaveVietnam’s Wildlife (SVW) isa non-profit organisation established to save the future of wildlife in Vietnam.Its main activity is cooperating with the Cuc Phuong National Park to supportthe management and operation of the Carnivore and Pangolin Conservation Programme(CPCP).-VNA
