Celebrating 60 years of successful Indo-German partnership, an awareness campaign for children and youths was launched by Indo-German Development Corporation (GIZ) on Monday at Delhi Public School, Ranchi. Targeting the young minds, a series of activities will be organised for children keeping ‘Sustainable Development’ on a focal point.
Through motivating children and youths in the capital city to adopt green measures, a painting and neighborhood activity competition will be organised in the days to come. Dr. Winfried Damm – Head of Energy GIZ India presented the concept of the competition, divided into two segments – painting competition and neighborhood activity competition.
Damm, urged to the school principals to take up the competition with full enthusiasm. He also motivated the students take active participation as responsible future citizens of India, which will lead to an improved surrounding and environment.
Christiane Hieronymus, Head of Economic Cooperation and Development, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany said that such type of campaigns lead a way to fast level of socio cultural development which creates a base for overall progress of the countries.
Chief Guest Avinash Kumar, Secretary Rural Development appreciated the gesture of the organising bodies in creating awareness about green technologies, sustainable goals through creative medium. Kumar and other dignitaries handed over a cricket bat, which was signed by former Indian cricketer Nayan Mongiain November 2018 to Dr. Ram Singh, Principal DPS Ranchi to formally start the event.
The Former Indian cricketer Nayan Mongia had formally launched the project, with the signing on a cricket bat at the residence of Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr. Martin Ney in November 2018.
The competition, organised under the aegis of ‘Green Wicket Project’ designed by GIZ is an initiative to create widespread awareness on green technologies by up scaling the concept of ‘Green Wicket’ to cricket stadiums across the country.
The project is supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) under the Indo-German Energy Programme and consists of four major eco-themes – Energy, Water, Waste and Sanitation.