Celebration of the World Environmental Day – 2020 was organized by Toronto Bangla School and Holistic Sustainable Development Network (HSDN) International on July 18, 2020, followed by the Waste management Workshop virtual program, Essay Writing and Art Competition.
Students of the Toronto Bangla School, parents/guardians and all of the members of the Toronto Bangla School Committee participated in the “Waste management Workshop Virtual Program”, which was presided by Mr. Fakhruddin Ahmed, Chair of Toronto Bangla School and facilitated by Mr. Jannatul Islam, Executive Director of HSDN International and Administrator of Toronto Bangla School. The “Land Acknowledgement” was given by Nuren Nawar, a student of the Toronto Bangla School and some other students participated in the cultural activities during the virtual program. Smia Gomes, Afreeda Kabir, Afia Islam, Nowrin Chowdhury, Mahib Chowdhury, Ajmain Sajid, Zaian Amira, Soha Siddiqqi, Zara Hasan, Zaina Ahmed, Neelima Tazrin and Arian Shaha recited poems, sang songs and told stories in the cultural activities, which was enjoyed by all attendees. Then, Raffia Mokbul, Academic Advisor of the Toronto Bangla School presented the “Welcome Address” to join workshop followed by the speech of Siddhertho Saha, Secretary of the Toronto Bangla School, Momotaz Begum and Arzu Moon Zarin on behalf of the parents, and Nasrin Islam, Teacher of the Toronto Bangla School. Mr. Daniel Boulos, Project Lead, Solid Waste Management, City of Toronto, and Dr. Nasima Akter, ED, BCS and Chair of HSDN International, were the main speakers for the “Waste Management Workshop” followed by the Q & A session.
Environmental sustainability is one of the key challenges in these recent days. To learn more about the environment by the children and kids, essay writing on the “Waste Management for Climate Change” (Grade 6 – 10) and Art Competition on the “Natural Beauty of Canada” [Junior Group (KG – Grade 3) and Senior Group (Grade 4 – Grade 5)] were organized by the Toronto Bangla School on the World Environmental Day 2020.
For the essay writing competition on the “Waste Management for Climate Change”, Masrafi Apurba, Reanna Chowdhury, Afia Semonty, Nuren Nawar, Sonali Chowdhury, Ahnaf Tahmid, Tahmid Hassan and Zahra Sharmin Ahmed participated.
Aryan Shaheer Chowdhury, Abraham Pramanik, Mahib Chowdhury, Angelina Pramanik, Soha Siddiqqi, Afia Islam, Zaian Amira, Zara Hasan and Zaina Ahmed were participated in the Junior Group (KG – Grd. 3), and Neelima Tazrin, Smia Gomes, Nowrin Chowdhury, Zarin Ibnat and Atqiya Kazi participated in the Senior Group (Grd.4 – Grd. 5) for the Art Competition on the “Natural Beauty of Canada”.
Announcement for the essay Writing and art competition winners was given by Dr. Nasima Akter. Reanna Chowdhury (1st), Nuren Nawar (2nd), Ahnaf Tahmid (3rd [Duet]) and Zahra Sharmin Ahmed (3rd [Duet]) were announced as the award winners for the essay writing competition on the “Waste Management for Climate Change”.
Abraham Pramanik (1st), Angelina Pramanik (2nd), Afia Islam (3rd [Duet]) and Zaina Ahmed (3rd [Duet]) were announced as the award winners in the Junior Group (KG – Grd. 3) for the Art Competition on the “Natural Beauty of Canada”. Smia Gomes (1st), Nowrin Chowdhury (2nd) and Atqiya Kazi (3rd) were announced as the award winners in the Senior Group (Grd.4 – Grd. 5) for the Art Competition.
Then, special guest speech was given by Ms. Diane Dyson and Mrs. Reema.
Finally, Fakhruddin Ahmad, Chair of the Toronto Bangla School, delivered the closing speech and thanked all.
It is our responsibility to protect and preserve the environment for leading a better life. Without protecting and preserving the environment, it will be impossible to be sustained. All of us have important roles to play in protecting and preserving the environment. Education is the first step of all. We need to educate our communities, especially our children and kids about protecting and preserving the environment through various ways. In order to educate our communities, children and kids about environmental sustainability, this type of program is required to continue to help them in future needs in protecting and preserving the environment. Stay with us to continue the journey and support Toronto Bangla School to promote Bengali language and heritage in overseas.