(21 March 2021)

Sunwah – On middle of March 2021, members of Sunwah Global Young Leaders Network (Sunwah GYLN) Ho Chi Minh City Chapter, organised the “I can: Extracurricular activities on natural ecosystem conservation in Kon Plong” the second time in Kon Plong district, Kon Tum province. The “I Can” project is part of the “Student Environmental Ambassadors 2020” project coorganized by Sunwah Foundation and several leading Vietnamese universities during the celebration of Sunwah Group’s 50^th Anniversary in Vietnam.

Sunwah GYLN members (in yellow and white T-shirts) and young students in Kon Plong district attending the extracurricular activities

The project aims at raising interests and nuture the love for nature among young Vietnamese students as well as helping them understand better the natural environment they are living in. From this project, young students will realize the value and importance of the natural ecosystem in Kon Plong district – one of the most valuable conservation forests in Vietnam and inhabited by many rare and endangered wildlife. The extracurricular activities including presentations, discussion and playing games on ecosystem conservation were organized at the  Mang Canh Ethnic Minority School, in Kon Plong district, Kon Tum province. The project members hope that through this project, not only Mang Canh School but also all the schools in Kon Plong district will organize educational activities on environmental protection.

Presentation on the natural ecosystem in Kon Plong district

The project started on November 2020 with meetings with the local Education and Training department, principals and teachers of local schools to gain better understanding on the current situation and the needs for organising educational activities on environmental protection in Kon Plong district. The project team also coordinated with several conservation centers in Vietnam such as Green Vietnam and The Forest Vietnam to develop effective and interesting educational activities for young children. Thanks to the support of those organizations and Sunwah Foundation, the project team was able to successfully organize 2 days of extracurricular activities for young students at Mang Canh Ethnic Minority School, in Kon Plong district, Kon Tum province. The students joyfully participated in all the activities and learned more about rare wildlife in their homeland and the connections between elements in the ecosystem such as soil, water, animals, plants and human.

Young students participated in the extracurricular activities