Nothing can brighten a day like seeing the precious smile of a child. That is why leading health and beauty retailer, Watsons, has been partnering with Operation Smile since 2013 in giving children born with cleft lip and cleft palate a chance to smile through free and safe surgeries. In the Philippines, an estimated of 4,500 children are born every year with this condition.
It was just a few days ago when Write on Track’s 5th Anniversary of Juan Earth was held in Bonifacio Global City. It was a whole day event of music, learning’s, and discovery of different ways on conserving and helping the environment. It was an event one shouldn’t missed specially if you are looking for different environmental organizations to join to or products that one can use to at least minimize our trash production.
Having more than 7,000 islands and 20,000 species of plants and animals, the Philippines is one of the 17 mega-biodiverse countries in the world. Yet with all these rich resources, unfortunately the country’s situation is bleak and saddening.
More than 50% of old-growth forests in the Philippines are lost. More than 30,000 hectares of mangrove trees are degraded. Families who have been displaced by natural calamities reached more than 900,000. More than 640 species of animals in the country are threatened or endangered. Metro Manila alone produces more than 861,967 tons of trash. And every day, more than 40 incident reports of animal cruelty are reported.
Recycling has been a term already instilled in our mind since we were kids. Thought in schools through the Science subject and showed through different projects, recycling became a by word we know as we grow up. At home, most parents teaches their kids on the proper segregation of waste materials, separating the recyclable and non-recyclable. Then eventually, waste segregation was divided into dry and wet waste. Dry includes paper, wood and other related products like metals and glass. Wet waste on the other hand refers to organic waste, usually food waste.
Bring out your cameras and smartphones, and show off your photography skills and #LoveForMotherEarth!
Join Juan Earth photo-contest and take a shot towards environment preservation and animal protection in the Philippines.