LIFE caravan tours to educate Bohol

WORLD Wildlife Foundation, the global conservation organization brings to Bohol its innovative environmental education program, the Learning Interdependently For the Environment (LIFE) caravan this October. LIFE is a roving educational van that tours coastal communities and schools in the country. 

The LIFE van features a van painted with local Philippine wildlife and is equipped with audio-visual equipment and exhibit materials that feature basic environmental conservation facts and issues on the Philippine marine environment.  As the information education caravan comes to communities, it shows interactive sessions organized in the form of film showings, lectures, group presentations, skits and environmental games. 

The various non-formal activities and transformative education methods are intended to stimulate the minds of the children, to hone communities into becoming effective agents in the protection of our precious natural resources,” Obel Resurreccion, Environmental Education Officer of WWF-Philippines said. LIFE caravan aims to increase awareness and knowledge of the Filipino youth on environmental conservation and resource protection, as well as harness the interest and support of local communities, the private sector, and leaders on conservation issues. 

The LIFE caravan tours Bohol 's three district and will be set off with the sending off ceremony on the morning of Oct. 2 at the Tagbilaran City Plaza Rizal. It will then be hosted by Ubay Science High School from Oct. 2 to 6; Panglao Lourdes High School from Oct. 9 to 13; and Guinsularan High School ( Duero ) from Oct. 16 to 20. Over 75 schools are expected to flock to the host schools to participate in the LIFE activities. On Oct. 21-30, the caravan will be touring the PADAYON (Panglao-Dauis-Baclayon) area and Tagbilaran City malls.

The caravan, part of WWF's Coastal Resources and Fisheries Conservation (CRFC) Project being funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), is being done in partnership with the Department of Education (Division of Bohol), the Bohol Environment Management Office (BEMO), the PADAYON BMT Management Council, and the Alona Beach Community Foundation, Inc. (ABCFI). The tour was organized through the active role of Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Cerina Bolos, Wilfreda Bongalos and Engr. Hermie Gracio (DepEd), Engr. Rene Villaber and Remedios Regacho (BEMO), Resti Tejido (PADAYON), and Holger Horn (ABCFI).

“ Bohol is so blessed with outstanding biodiversity, natural wealth, and remarkable people. With the stakeholders of Bohol, WWF looks forward to the enhancement of the conservation and development program for the province, maintaining the environment's health and productivity for Bohol's future generations”, concludes Yeb Saño, WWF Project Officer for Bohol. For further information: Yeb Saño, Project Officer for Bohol , WWF-Philippines, (63919) 3207447, nmsano@wwf.org.ph

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