FPWC
Foundation for the Presevation of Wildlife and Culture
Nr. 5, Byron Street
Yerevan
Republic of Armenia
375009
Tel: 00374 10 529340
Fax: 00374 10 564484
Eva Martirosyan
Press Coordinator
Tel: (+374 10) 529340
Mob: (+374 93) 206248
>From April 1 to 15 in Dilijan, Armenia, the First Regional Environmental
Festival Sun Child will take place. The festival is organized by the
Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets in the
Republic of Armenia (FPWC) and Sun Child NGO.
In the framework of the festival, besides competitive film screenings
and photo exhibitions a number of environmental activities are planned
– tours, tree planting, scavenging. Discussions on such actual problems
as development of eco-tourism in the region, integration of the region
in international environmental communities and exchange of local and
international experience will be held by the experts, leading
ecologists, environmentalists and eco-journalists invited from the
regional countries and all over the world.
Sun Child enjoys the slogan For Children with Children’s Active
Participation. The festival puts a special emphasis on the youth and
children participation as the new generation of the region constitutes
a strong whole able to overstep boundaries and we aim to create a new
field for their dialogues and mutual collaboration.
Our region faces a number of serious ecological problems. The most
urgent issues are depletion of natural resources, mass extinction of
valuable species, pollution of the environment which, among other
evils, endanger human health. The latest statistical data show an
ominous increase of respiratory diseases, especially among the
children.
The situation is alarming and jeopardizes the welfare of the present and
coming generations.
The idea of having a regional festival has arisen due to the fact that
most ecological problems have regional aspect. Nature recognizes no
borders and only friendly cooperation, joint efforts and conscious
struggle will make its conservation possible and eliminate the threat.
Sun Child is another attempt to raise awareness of the existing menace
and an earnest appeal for collaboration.
Call for Entries
Environmental Film Competition includes 2 main sections: Regional
Environmental Film Program and Children Film Program. The Prize Fund
of the Festival contemplates awards for both sections.
The Deadline for application for Regional Environmental Film Program is
15 February, 2007 and for Children Film Program 1 March 2007.
Please find here enclosed the entry forms and regulation of the
festival.
Both can be downloaded on our web-site:
Feel free to contact us for any further information.
We are looking forward to your films. JOIN SUN CHILD!!!
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress