The International Children's Day An amazing boating
“The electronic waste management” joint project of the RK Government, UNDP Kazakhstan and the Samsung Electronics Central Eurasia will organize on June 1, 2014 an environmental-educative action for children and their parents - an extraordinary boating down the Esil River.
The main objective of the action is an increase of awareness about a harm of the electronic wastes and necessity of environmentally-friendly utilization of broken-down or unused mobile phones, batteries, charging devices, i.e. of the out of service or obsolescent small electronics wastes at homes.
In organizers’ opinion, it is important to form an ecological awareness and awareness on a necessity of a careful and responsible attitude to the environment among young generation already during their study at schools.
The basic condition: a boat "ticket" is any small electronics which is sent into an exobox (a special container used for gathering the electronic wastes) at the entrance.
During the boating they will tell children in an accessible game form about an electronic waste harm and impermissibility of its burying in common dumping places, since dangerous substances contained in it through burning and polluting soil, underground waters inflict an irreparable harm to the environment and health of people.
The project is aimed at promoting a realization of the Republic of Kazakhstan Conception of Transition to Green Economy, addresses urgent issues of attainment of rational management of the electronic wastes in Kazakhstan.
The activity is open for the media. The date and point of assembly: Astana City, June 1, 2014, Turan Str. 2/1, the River Rescue Service Moorage, the first tour boat sails away at 11 a.m., the second one - at 12 a.m. The boating will last 1 hour, the navigation length is about 6.0 km. Number of seatings - 65.
Useful info: In 1954 the United Nations General Assembly recommended (Resolution 836 - IX) that all countries institute a Universal Children's Day , to be observed as a day of worldwide fraternity and understanding between children, as a day of activity devoted to ensuring the welfare of the children of the world. It has suggested to Governments that the Day be observed on any date that each country considered appropriate. The 20 November is the day on which the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child in 1959 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989 (http://www.un.org/ru/events/childrenday/). In our country the date is observed on June 1 and traditionally they call it the Day for Protection of Children.
Contacts: Ms. Baglan Kulumbayeva, the Project’s PR-expert: +7 701 729 17 57, [email protected]