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ARMENIA TREE PROJECT
65 Main Street
Watertown, MA 02472 USA
Tel: (617) 926-TREE
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.armeniatree.org
PRESSS RELEASE
June 10, 2011
ATP Celebrates World Environment Day & International Children's Day at Mirak
Family Reforestation Nursery
YEREVAN--Armenia Tree Project (ATP) celebrated World Environment Day and
International Children's Day on June 1 at the John and Artemis Mirak Nursery
in Margahovit Village. The event was attended by the staff from ATP's
Yerevan Office and the Mirak Reforestation Nursery, along with their
families.
"The children made friends instantly and started playing together,"
explained ATP Community Development Specialist Vardan Melikyan. "The nursery
workers invited musicians from the village to take part in our gathering and
the kids had fun dancing to traditional live music in the fresh mountain
air. The boys were impressed with ATP's agricultural equipment such as
tractors and an all-terrain motorcycle, while the girls enjoyed gathering
field flowers."
ATP's Environmental Education staff presented notebooks and the children
drew beautiful pictures of nature and trees which now decorate the inside of
the small building at the nursery. After an outdoor lunch, ATP specialists
showed the children how to plant trees and they planted five symbolic
evergreens at the nursery. "Everyone, especially the children, had a great
time and ATP hopes to organize similar events with our stakeholders in the
future," concluded Melikyan.
International Children's Day is celebrated on June 1, when activities are
organized for children including outings with families. The day is dedicated
to children worldwide and is often marked with speeches on children's rights
and well-being.
World Environment Day is a widely celebrated global day for environmental
action held on June 5. The UN Environment Programme describes it as a day
for people from all walks of life to come together to ensure a cleaner,
greener, and brighter outlook for themselves and future generations, and
this year's theme was "Forests: Nature at Your Service."
ATP's mission is to assist the Armenian people in using trees to improve
their standard of living and protect the environment, guided by the need to
promote self-sufficiency, aid those with the fewest resources first, and
conserve the indigenous ecosystem. ATP's three major programs are tree
planting, environmental education, and sustainable development initiatives.
For more information about ATP, please visit the web site
www.armeniatree.org.
65 Main Street
Watertown, MA 02472 USA
Tel: (617) 926-TREE
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.armeniatree.org
PRESSS RELEASE
June 10, 2011
ATP Celebrates World Environment Day & International Children's Day at Mirak
Family Reforestation Nursery
YEREVAN--Armenia Tree Project (ATP) celebrated World Environment Day and
International Children's Day on June 1 at the John and Artemis Mirak Nursery
in Margahovit Village. The event was attended by the staff from ATP's
Yerevan Office and the Mirak Reforestation Nursery, along with their
families.
"The children made friends instantly and started playing together,"
explained ATP Community Development Specialist Vardan Melikyan. "The nursery
workers invited musicians from the village to take part in our gathering and
the kids had fun dancing to traditional live music in the fresh mountain
air. The boys were impressed with ATP's agricultural equipment such as
tractors and an all-terrain motorcycle, while the girls enjoyed gathering
field flowers."
ATP's Environmental Education staff presented notebooks and the children
drew beautiful pictures of nature and trees which now decorate the inside of
the small building at the nursery. After an outdoor lunch, ATP specialists
showed the children how to plant trees and they planted five symbolic
evergreens at the nursery. "Everyone, especially the children, had a great
time and ATP hopes to organize similar events with our stakeholders in the
future," concluded Melikyan.
International Children's Day is celebrated on June 1, when activities are
organized for children including outings with families. The day is dedicated
to children worldwide and is often marked with speeches on children's rights
and well-being.
World Environment Day is a widely celebrated global day for environmental
action held on June 5. The UN Environment Programme describes it as a day
for people from all walks of life to come together to ensure a cleaner,
greener, and brighter outlook for themselves and future generations, and
this year's theme was "Forests: Nature at Your Service."
ATP's mission is to assist the Armenian people in using trees to improve
their standard of living and protect the environment, guided by the need to
promote self-sufficiency, aid those with the fewest resources first, and
conserve the indigenous ecosystem. ATP's three major programs are tree
planting, environmental education, and sustainable development initiatives.
For more information about ATP, please visit the web site
www.armeniatree.org.