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WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

05 JUNE 2008. PERU NAGAR.

On 5 June, Hand in Hand celebrated World Environment Day in Peru Nagar Panchayat. The celebrations started with a mass cleaning of the village roads, tree plantation, and a medical camp. In the evening, the village children, Self Help Group members and Hand in Hand staff organised a rally with slogans about the environment, child labour, and women's empowerment. This was followed by a big function presided by Mr David Raj, District Forest Ranger and the village head. The children showed the audience a folk dance number, ending with a skit on the importance of waste segregation and recycling. Another play demonstrated the importance of toilets in women's day to day life as well as on the evils of alcohol. The World Environment Day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972. It is hosted every year by a different city and commemorated with an international exposition.