Green School Environmental Project Over In Tsaghkadzor

GREEN SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT OVER IN TSAGHKADZOR

PanARMENIAN.Net
March 2, 2012 – 17:49 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Today, March 2, the Writers Creativity House in
Tsaghkadzor resort town hosted an event, during which the results of
the Winter Camp of the Green School project held from February 25-March
2 were concluded. The project was implemented by the Foundation for
the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (FPWC).

Students from 5 participating schools presented the skills acquired
for the past five days spent in the Winter Camp.

The Winter Camp is a major component of Green School project that
involves 30 most active students from participating schools.

The pilot phase of the project in Armenia was implemented successfully
in school N10 in Armenian city of Vanadzor in 2010.

Today it involves secondary school N 20 in Yerevan, secondary schools
of Urtsadzor town of Ararat Province, and secondary schools N 2 and
N 3 in Noratus village of Armenia’s Gegharkunik province.

In Armenia the project is implemented by the Foundation for the
Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets through support
of UNICEF and Swiss Embassy. The main partner of the Foundation,
Armenia’s Leading Telecommunications Operator VivaCell-MTS supported
implementation of this project.

As a corporate citizen VivaCell-MTS takes constructive approach
towards solution of such problems as protection and maintenance of
biodiversity of Armenia.

The Green School project implemented by the FPWC promotes the same
values and approaches as the international Green School implemented
in 43 countries. It involves a total of 27,000 schools, 6 million
students and 400,000 teachers internationally. Its main goal is to
teach children to treat environment and cultural assets with care
and responsibility, VivaCell-MTS press service reported.