Festival "Women act for green, clean and environmentally friendly Hoc Mon district" in 2022

On 30/09/2022, at the district Political Center, the district Women's Union in collaboration with the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Hoc Mon district organized the Festival "Women act for green, clean and environmentally friendly Hoc Mon district" in 2022. 

The festival was attended by a member of the Standing Committee – Head of the Organizing Committee-Inspection Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City Women's Union Nguyen Thi Ngoc Linh; Vice Chairman of District Women's Union Nguyen Thuy Linh; Deputy Head of Natural Resources and Environment Department of Phan Tu Trinh district; and representatives of leaders and district unions; representatives of leaders of district departments and agencies; leaders of Party Committees – People's Committees of communes and towns and members, women and households in communes and towns.

Purpose of the festival:

• Promoting the role of officials, members and women to effectively implement the campaign "City people do not litter the streets, canals, for the city to be clean and reduce flooding", which focuses on waste classification at the source, limiting plastic waste.
• Propagating and raising awareness for members and women about participating in environmental protection, promoting the movement of planting and caring for trees at home and in residential areas; creating a strong change in awareness towards behavior change to protect the environment.

Contents of the festival:

• Propagating and guiding the classification of waste at the source, providing information on new regulations related to environmental protection issues in households and residential areas.
• People attending the festival exchange plastic waste for 01 tree or 01 gift.

The atmosphere of the area used to collect plastic waste from people (Photo: A Chau Environment)

The festival has contributed to providing useful information, encouraging and calling on members, women and people in the district to join hands to carry out practical activities for the environment such as: planting more trees; cleaning in the neighborhood periodically on Saturday, Sunday; carrying out the proper classification of domestic waste at the source in accordance with current regulations.

With the enthusiastic sharing of Mr. Nguyen Ba Hoi – Specialist of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Environmental Protection. The knowledge and information related to the classification of domestic waste at the source from households has been transmitted vividly, meaningfully and integrated through questions with environmentally friendly gifts of reusable water bottles.

Festival atmosphere (Photo: A Chau Environment)

The majority of women and people participating in the festival strongly agreed with the activities taking place and hoped that the Women's Union of Hoc Mon district and the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Hoc Mon district would continue to organize similar useful activities.

At the end of the festival, the Organizing Committee gave a lot of gifts to encourage the waste classification, the form of conversion is calculated according to the amount of plastic waste that people bring under the "Plastic Waste Exchange Program" of the Association such as waste cans, ornamental flower pots, cloth bags, hats,...

The atmosphere of the receiving trees and gifts area (Photo: A Chau Environment)

A Chau Environment is very pleased to accompany the festival. 

Source: A Chau Environment