Friday, November 27, 2009

The awareness fever

This month was month of awareness. Me, Mandar, Amey and few others from our group roamed from school to school and even in higher secondaries sharing with them our knowledge on biodiversity of Goa and our experiences from the wild. Apart from making them familiar with our wildlife, my focus was also on addressing the problems our wildlife faces due to various reasons and educating them regarding what they can do to stop that. The program includes a talk which is accompanied by a powerpoint presentation. I always used to think that school students didn't know anything about our biodiversity amd they are not bothered about its future. But during these programs I came to know how wrong I was. I got a huge and totally unexpected responce from students. They were interested in joining our activities. I am planning to organise some activities for those student. As far this month is concerned, the awareness programs are over. But this is not the end, this is the beggining.