Paintings displayed at the exhibition (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Paintings, photos and posters created by children aged 6-14are on display at an exhibition calling on people to protect wildlife.
Theexhibition Save Wildlife – Save OurLives was launched as part of a campaign initiated by Education forNature Vietnam (ENV) in collaboration with the Vietnamese Women’s Museum andTalky English Centre.
Inthe campaign, 40 students joined field trips and training at the rescue centreof Cuc Phuong National Park to protect wild animals and to run projects toraise people’s awareness of wildlife.
Ondisplay are 70 items including paintings, posters, photos and videos, and someworks by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s photographer Trong Chinh and ENV.
TranPhuong Oanh, one of the children involved in the campaign, said theexhibition will spread the message of protecting wild animals and stoppingillegal wild animal trafficking.
“Theseanimals play an important role in ecological balance, creating a livingenvironment for other creatures,” said Oanh.
“Manyanimals are endangered and nature has been damaged. Thedevastating bushfires in Australia caused a significant and immediatethreat of extinction to the koala population.”
“It’stime to protect nature, protect ourselves,” she said.
Theexhibition also showcased entries to the 'Better Life for Bears' letter-writingcontest launched last year by ENV. The organising board received more than97,000 letters from 910 schools nationwide.
Theletters were sent to bear owners and used in other ENV material urging bearsfarmers to quit bear farming and give their bears a better life at rescuecentres.
Theletters to bear owners were expressed in many different ways, such as a letterfrom a daughter of a bear owner and a letter presented as a powerfulimpeachment note sent by the bear to its captors.
Apartfrom exhibiting, the organisers also collected signatures to commit toprotecting wildlife, launched an online competition to create posters,paintings and videos to fight wild animal trafficking and hosted a fair toraise money for the Action for Wildlife fund.
Viewersof the exhibition will have a chance to join games and activities indifferent subjects. The exhibition and activities will be hosted by childrenparticipating in the project, in Vietnamese and English.
Theexhibition will run until August 1 at the Vietnamese Women’s Museum, 36 Ly ThuongKiet Street, Hanoi./.
VNA
