The Environmental Community Health Organisation (ECHO) is set to step up its efforts a notch with the introduction of yet another innovative venture geared at raising awareness on environmental issues.According to ECHO Executive Director, Royston King, the second level of engagement between ECHO and local communities on environmental issues will be dubbed ‘the Green Ambassador Programme’.This introduction, he said, is an environmental education programme that will empower youths to be agents of change in their schools and local communities. Through service learning, community partnerships, and cross-culture, the programme aims at fostering personal growth and leadership skills to help youths tackle the most critical environmental issues facing the planet, King underscored.“The Green Ambassador Programme introduces them to the essential environmental issues of our time. Students also will learn the service learning process of awareness, understanding, analysis, action, assessment, and broadcasting.”The participating youths, King noted, will find it particularly important that they can become leaders in this cause, given the fact that most communities are largely under-represented in the environmental movement.He noted that most environments tend to be most detrimentally affected by environmental problems such as poor drinking water, carcinogenic air, and the health problems that derive from these problems.This reality,Cheap Jerseys, King emphasised, adds a greater sense of purpose and motivation to students who embrace the issues on a personal, intellectual,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, and moral level.This programme will cater to students of secondary schools in Guyana. And already a number of schools have approached ECHO,Wholesale Jerseys NFL, to be part of this programme, King disclosed. It is anticipated that the programme will be launched next week at a school in Georgetown. This programme will be assisted by the introduction of an ECHO website.Last Friday,Cheap NFL Jerseys, ECHO hosted a special environmental seminar for 95 eco-club members. The objective of that event was to raise awareness on serious issues such as El Nino and its impact on the local communities, climate change, water purification and conservation, and sanitation and to encourage club members to take leadership on environmental concerns.It was supported by the Ministry of Education, PAHO/WHO, Cara Lodge, and other members of the private sector.The children were drawn from 10 primary schools in regions Three and Four. Currently,Authentic MLB Jerseys Online, ECHO has 10 eco-clubs in the two regions. However,Cheap Jerseys From China, plans are in train to establish more than 100 in all the administrative regions of the country. This move was the first level of intervention in the local community.And the third level of interaction with communities will be the establishment of eco-teams, according to King. These, he said, are slated to comprise of community leaders and residents, in different areas.At the moment, ECHO has engaged discussions with residents of certain communities. As a result, Eco- teams are expected to become very active in various sections by May 2010, he added.Projects, according to King, will include clean up campaigns, tree planting exercises and awareness raising events.These teams will support eco-clubs and the Green Ambassador Programme. In the end, the entire community would benefit from the leadership and activities of these interventions by ECHO, King speculated.