ÇANKAYA MUNICIPALITY CELEBRATED JUNE 5 WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY WITH OUR CHILDREN WHO ARE OUR PLANET'S TRUE OWNERS

07 June 2017 Wednesday 15:11

Çankaya Municipality celebrated June 5 World Environment Day with our children who are our planet's true owners.

Students, parents and a large number of citizens Çankaya attended the event held in Çankaya Park.

Books about the adventures of Çanki, the environment and recycling superhero of the Çankaya Municipality, were distributed to the children at the award ceremony of Çankaya's Green Schools Contest.

Çankaya Municipality, which is an example in the protection of the city, the increase of the green areas in the city and the works it has done on recycling, celebrated the June 5 Environment Day with a series of activities that led children to the real possession of our world. Çiğdemim Association also supported the activity organized in Çankaya Park.

Students from Çankaya Park who came together with their teachers and their families by the early hours of the morning, have had a picnic outdoors then played on the lush lawns. The children, who had a pleasant time until the beginning of the activity program, were gathered in the area in order to watch the shows that their friends have prepared for themselves from other schools where the main stage was set up.

The program started with a concert by the Çayyolu Final Schools Choir. The concert which started with songs such as "Ilgaz” and "Tohumlar Fidana" issuing nature love, ended with the song "İzmir’in Dağlarında Çiçekler Açar" which was sang by all people. Then Ziraat Mühendisleri Secondary School Theater Group took the stage. Theatre players who told the importance of recycling in a humorous language have received an intense applause from the audience. 5-year-old group students of Çankaya Municipality Rafet Genç Day Care Center have received appreciation of the audience with the dance show they performed consisting Latin rhythms.

ÇANKAYA'S GREEN SCHOOLS HAVE RECEIVED THEIR PRIZES

The award ceremony of "Çankaya's Green Schools - Recycling Competition" was held on Environment Day, which was organized in cooperation with Çankaya Municipality and Çankaya District National Education Directorate.

Ziraat Mühendisleri Secondary School ranked first at the competition, which was open to all the schools of the province, İl Genel Meclisi Ortaokulu ranked second and Maltepe Ortaokulu Secondary School ranked third. The plaques and awards were presented to the schools by Çankaya Deputy Mayors Anıl Sevinç and Nafiz Kaya.

THEY LEARNED AND ENJOYED WITH THE STANDS

The stands established in Çankaya Park have attracted great interest from the children which was specially prepared for children and in which the Science Story Series that had been distributed throughout the year, also have been distributed on the occasion of the Environment Day.

The Çiğdemim Association stand also attracted the interest of students as well as the recycling information stand established by Çayyolu Final Okulları students. Children's coloring book, wind rose, and cloth bags were given as gifts to the children in numerous stands and the children who are the environment heroes of the future spent pleasant moments in children's face painting workshop.

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