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MCWD marks Earth Day with kids
- Source:http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local-news/2016/05/15/mcwd-marks-earth-day-kids-473823
- Sunday, May 15, 2016
- (Sun.Star Cebu)
WITH the aim of teaching children the value of trees and water conservation, the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) celebrated Earth Day with the children of the employees of the water district in a read-along activity.
At least 57 kids, mostly eight to 10, participated in the activity with lawyer Gloria Estenzo-Ramos, an environmentalist, as the reader.
The story was about Lilay, a brave little girl of Barrio Matubig. The residents of Barrio Matubig woke up one day and found that their water was gone. Lilay bravely rode in the back of the wind with two banana leaves as her wings to go where the water went and brought it back to Barrio Matubig.
The story tells everyone to conserve and properly use water as this is finite and will be gone someday.
MCWD Public Affairs Department Manager Charmaine Rodriguez-Kara said that the activity was part of the water district’s effort to strengthen its water level conservation advocacy.
“With the effects of the El Niño phenomenon on MCWD’s sources, we have brought our water conservation advocacy to a whole new level. Aside from changing the mindset of our water users, this year, we asked all employees to make conservation a lifestyle. In line with this, we wanted to bring the advocacy to the people closest to our hearts--our children. We want them to be at the forefront in campaigning for water conservation to the next generation,” Kara said.
The activity was done in partnership with the Philippine Daily Inquirer and Unesco Clubs composed of Cebu Institute of Technology University, Cebu Normal University, University of San Carlos and University of San Jose-Recoletos.
The participants were given seedlings of fruit-bearing trees after the read-along and they recited the I am a Super Seedling pledge.
There were also games facilitated by the Unesco (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Clubs.