The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) has said that it has concluded arrangement to host children to its 2020 summer camp.
The programme which is organised by the Education Unit of NCF will be held virtually.
A statement released by the Foundation’s Head of Communications, Oladapo Soneye, stated that the camp is only opened to children and teenagers between the ages of 5 and 17.
They will be tutored on environment education for Two weeks.
The statement reads further that the exercise will hold between 11th and 21st of August, 2020.
“The essence of the virtual camping is to engage the children and teenagers during the lockdown in environmental education and prepare them as ambassadors for environmental conservation.
“NCF since its inception has been keen on environmental education for school children up to tertiary institutions level. This has necessitated its establishment of Conservation Clubs in schools and Bird Clubs in the communities across the nation.
“The camping promises to be educative and interactive as loads of exciting packages such as birdwatching, butterfly collection, biodiversity, green cooking and arts & craft and more are some of the aspects of the environment that the participants will be exposed to.
“It also being envisaged that since most participants will be making use of their parents’’ devices, such parents too will be learning alongside their wards. Whatsapp and Google Classroom platforms will be used to engage the participants,” the statement explained.
Soneye added that the free to attend programme can be accessed via :https://chat.whatsapp.com/JRqedq9pDiH1LLZmU2GDLq
