Environmental Campaign at Asanteman Senior High Schoolby Godfred Owusu | 03-08-2023 07:14 |
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 On 28 July 2023, I organized environmental campaign at Asanteman Senior High School in Kumasi, Ashanti Region- Ghana. The aim of this campaign is to educate the young people on environmental conservation and also promote Tunza Eco Generation as well. As 30th Tunza Eco Generation ambassador to Ashanti Region Ghana, I was happy to get this opportunity and talk to the young people who are growing to become future leaders. I went to the school with my Association members who are also a member of Tunza Eco Generation. The Students presented for the program were over 1,000 and 6 of their teachers also presented. We held the program at their School Auditorium at 2pm GMT. These were the program outline 1. Purpose of gathering ( given by Martha Afi Awuku)  2. Open Discussion: This section was general questions and answers about the environment. Those who answered the question got Tunza Eco generation promotional goods.  3. Firts Presentation: on the topic Environment and its Conservation ( Presented by Godfred Owusu 30th Tunza Eco Generation ambassador to Ashanti Region Ghana as well as Founder of Sustainable Green Future Club). I talked about what environment is, types of environment that is natural and built environment, relationship between man and the environment, services provided by the environment, human activities that affect these services, why do we need to conserve the environment and ways we can conserve the environment and take home message that is taking the environment as the room that we sleep and stop polluting it.   4. The second Presentation also held by ( Felix Owusu, Tunza Eco Generation member as well as Co founder of Sustainable Green Future Club): on the topic Waste Management. His presentation was very interesting and interactive as he engaged each and everyone in his presentation by asking what is waste, why are we concerned about waste? once is waste. He also explained various ways we can manage our own waste to sustain the environment. He talked about 5 ways we can use to manage waste that is Reduce, Refuse, Reuse, Recycle and Re purpose. An interesting message I took from his presentation was, someone waste is a resource to others so we should know how to turn our own waste to resource to save cost and sustain the environment.   5. Discussion Forum: on the topic Role of Youth in Environmental Conservation led by Francis Amoako and Gifty Oduro who was the program MC. The Students shared an intellective ideas which I don't know about role of young people in environmental sustainability. We then continued awarding those who participated Tunza Eco Generation promotional goods.   6. Challenge and award: in this section, we asked the Students to bring out their innovative ways of managing waste in their own campus base on their knowledge and what have gained from the program so far. A group of three with four members each participated in this challenge. We told them to pick one R to manage waste, that's reduce, reuse, recycle, repurpose. The Students demonstrated nice presentation on their own ways of managing waste. Through their demonstration, I got to know that you can use plastic and sand to mold blocks used for building houses. We then awarded the winning team with academic materials like, mathematical sets, exercise books and pens, followed by the second group and the last group as well with different materials.   7. Tree planting exercise: this exercise took place outside the auditorium. The reason for this exercise is to teach the students how to plant trees, why it is important in our communities and homes, and also to provide fresh air in future for Student's since the school is located in the City where industrial activities takes place.        8. We took pictures with them to make a remarkable day for Tunza Eco Generation, Sustainable Green Future Club and Asanteman Senior High School.       9. After the program, I and the members who contributed both physically and financially went to Lobster Restaurant at Indice hall Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi-Ghana to have dinner to motivate them volunteer for current and future generation.   In conclusion, I have learn different things from young people and also how to communicate, interact, and organize programs among people. Also this program has helped me in team work. I'm so excited to get this opportunity from Tunza Eco Generation to represent my region as an ambassador to inspire other youth, I'm looking forward to get more opportunities to improve my competencies. If you have any message to share with me comment below, let's create positive change for now and future generation. Thank you for reading!
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