A Communications Event on No Pesticides Use Week

Nearly 300 students and teachers from Phan Me II Secondary School, with over 500 people who live around the school, were involved and received information about the event.

On the morning of December 4th, 2015, in accordance with the No Pesticides Use Week (December 3rd to 10th, 2015), the Centre for Sustainable Rural Development (SRD) organized a communications event at Phan Me II Secondary School, Phan Me Commune, Phu Luong District, Thai Nguyen Province. The event drew nearly 300 students and teachers, as well as over 500 people from the local community, representatives of the Phu Luong District Agricultural Extension Station and the Agricultural Department, and SRD's project officers. It helped raise awareness of the adverse effects of pesticide use in agricultural production on health and the physical and mental development of people-- especially women and children.

The event overview in Phan Me II Secondary School, Phan Me commune, Phu Luong district, Thai Nguyen province

At the event, the skit “My house story”--arranged by the school’s 8th-grade students and a teacher-- conveyed vividly and effectively the message “do not overuse pesticides for a green and clean environment”. All students also actively participated in a Q&A activity about the harmful effects of using pesticides and environmentally friendly methods to prevent pests.  

Entertainment performed by the school students 

 The skit “My house story”--arranged by the school’s 8th-grade students and a teacher--

conveyed vividly and effectively the message “do not overuse pesticides for a green and clean environment”

At the event, Tran Thi Huong, a 7B grade student, shared, “Today’s event is enjoyable and I also know more about the effects of toxic pesticides on my health and my family”. Nguyen Huu Hon, a 6B grade student, also shared “my parents have been using pesticides for our family’s tea gardens. But from now on I will remind my parents not to use it to protect our health.” “After this event, I have more knowledge on environmentally-friendly methods to prevent pests such as using pest-eating insects or capturing them by hand. I will persuade my parents to apply these measures to restrict the use of pesticides,” shared Tran Thi Mai from 7B grade.

Students from all grades of the school participated enthusiastically in the event activities

Mrs. Duong Thi Oanh, the school’s principal, made a speech at the event on the status and adverse effects of pesticides. She said: “Nowadays, most of the cultivation areas and crops are using over 1000 highly toxic types of pesticides. According to the latest study by the Vietnam National University, there are 15-29 million people regularly exposed to pesticides, and about 70% of them have symptoms of poisoning caused by not using protective equipment in production, the improper use of pesticides, eating foods with pesticide residue, etc.”

Mrs. Duong Thi Oanh, the school’s principal, made a speech at the event on the status and adverse effects of pesticides

At the end of the event, a representative of the district Agricultural Extension Station shared that this communications activity had a suitable approach for promoting the active participation of students. At the same time, the school’s teachers also appreciated the useful knowledge and detailed sharing of SRD’s project officer.

Towards a Non-Toxic Environment in South East Asia" (coded VMMIC14 - sponsored by PAN AP), with the support and cooperation from the ongoing project "Improving rural livelihood and sustainable forest management through PLUM and Value chain approaches" (coded VM048 – sponsored by Manos Unidas), is implemented by SRD.

The head of SRD's Sustainable Agriculture Department - Mr Dao Duc Liem 

-SRD-

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