17-01-2005

Kids Learn Environmental Issues at Karachi ‘Nature Carnival’

via www.dawn.com

A large number of children, accompanied by their parents, visited the day-long Nature Carnival, that was organized by a non-governmental organization, the World wide Fund for Nature (WWF) at the PAF Museum on Sunday. Over 50 schools participated in the activity, where the students had prepared various three-dimensional models based on five themes – Birds of Pakistan, Wild flowers of Pakistan, Mangrove eco-system, coastal area of Pakistan and Alternative energy. The youngsters were repeatedly giving detailed briefings regarding the models, which they had prepared, to the inquiring visitors, overwhelming majority of whom comprised children.