Panama City, 23 August 2023 – Fourth and Sixth Grade Students of Nuestra Senora de la Merced School, El Chorilllo participated in two creative workshops to raise awareness of Ozone Layer Protection in the Contemporary Art Museum (MAC) on 17 and 23 August 2023. The workshops were organized by Panama’s National Ozone Office, Ministry of Health (MINSA) in collaboration with UNEP OzonAction Branch.
The objective of the two workshops was to raise awareness of how human activities affect the Ozone Layer and the actions taken for its recovery. These activities are leading to the celebrations of World Ozone Day in Panama. One of the highlights is Latin America’s Regional Art Contest “The Planet is Your Canvas” ceremony where winners will receive their certificates on 13 September 2023.
The students visited the Contemporary Art Museum and carefully listened and participated in the presentation of Yanelit Ruiz Blanco, Consultant, OzonAction, and watched the video presentation of Alejandro de Jesus Garcia Olivera, 11 years old from Cuba, winner of the video category of the Regional Art Contest. The presentation used the Pecha Kucha model which is a storytelling method where the presenter ‘talks less and shows more´ making the learning highly visual. The storytelling was followed by a Question and Answer session.
Thereafter the students had a colouring workshop on the Ozone Layer in Panama and La Oca Loca game where the group leader had to show knowledge of the Ozone Layer. The activity was animated by Victor Castillero from MAC and supervised by Francia Herrera, who oversees educational activities. All students received backpacks from the National Ozone Unit (NOU), Panama.
Milagros Diaz, Coordinator of the Institutional Strengthening Project, NOU, Ministry of Health said that Ozone Protection actions are also climate protection actions that help the planet from warming.
These activities are part of OzonAction's new global communication strategy which aims to raise awareness and outreach the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol.
For more information :
Anne-Maria Fenner, Information Manager,
Email: Anne.fenner@un.org
For additional information, please see:
https://www.minsa.gob.pa/noticia/taller-creativo-para-incentivar-los-ninos-proteger-la-capa-de-ozono
