MARAWI
CITY, Lanao del Sur, Aug, 13 (PIA) --- More than a hundred youth in
Lanao del Sur were given an orientation on proper waste disposal and
other environmental issues during a seminar on Solid Waste Management
held last week.
High school students from Bacolod-Kalawi National
High School, Mindanao State University (MSU) Balindong, Balindong
National High School, and MSU Marantao attended the two-day event, which
started on August 6, at Samporna Hall, Ayala Hotel Resort in Marawi
City.
The seminar was part of EcoWatch, a program of
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s (ARMM) Vice Governor Haroun
Al-Rashid Lucman that aims to provide local residents, especially the
youth, environmental information and issues in the region.
Part
of the seminar was the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement between the
Office of the Regional Vice Governor and the respective schools for the
installation of a permanent “garbage disposal area.”
ARMM
Vice Lucman said that his office wants to inculcate in the minds of ARMM
residents, especially the youth, that the environment should be
protected. He said that the EcoWatch program is an instrument to address
environmental issues in the region.
The EcoWatch program
started in 2013. As of date, more than a thousand residents including
professionals, college students and civil society organizations in the
region have benefited from the program.
The same seminar will also be conducted within the year in other provinces in the region.
Meanwhile,
Pipalawan Naga, head of the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources Provincial Office in Lanao del Sur encouraged the youth to
spend more time looking for ways to protect the environment, rather than
get hooked on activities that do not benefit society.
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