Spreading awareness through art!

MFF India small grant partner APOWA (Action for the Protection of Wild Animals) has been facilitating submissions by conducting local calendar contests for local and rural school children from in and around the Bhitarkanika mangrove forest in Orissa, India. In this way APOWA is able, with the support of teachers, to spread awareness of the mangrove ecosystem and the role it plays in the daily lives of coastal communities in particular and marine life in general. APOWA is aware that educating children of the importance of mangroves and coastal ecosystems is critical to effecting long term change. This competition provides the perfect opportunity to build relationships with teachers and to inform school children about their natural environment.

Browse through some of the children’s artwork (on the right hand side of the screen).

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