Davao High Schools
AIESEC Junk Art Contest
"Putting Art Back Into Earth"
NCCC Hall Thursday-Friday August 31 - September 1, 2011
Entrants Include Davao City High School, Ma-a High School, Santa Anna High School and two additional
Amelia Baird, a 3rd year Ateneo University student, is leading and directing the Petition Drive to help the Barangay Ma-a Environmental Watch Committee advocacy. Amelia is member of the local AIESEC*, group that is sponsoring the environmentally based Junk Art Contest.
The sub-theme of the contest is Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
More than 444 signatures were obtained Thursday, the first day, for our Save Davao Shrine Hills Open Letter petition action.
Efforts will continue all day Friday. Many more signatures for our 10,000+ drive are expected.
The idea of the contest is to used old plastic and glass bottles, bottle caps, paper, wires, pins etc. to create "objects de art. They obtained the participation of five Davao City High Schools and NCCC Mall. No cash prizes will be awarded - Recognition only.
Petition Signatories were provided with the Petition Letter in both English and Bisaya. Our brochure "Danger From Above" was also used and well received.
Thanks to all participants!
*AIESEC (pronounced "eye-sek", originally an acronym for Association Internationale des Étudiants en Sciences Économiques et Commerciales) is a global youth organisation that develops leadership capabilities through their internal leadership programmes and engaging students and graduates in international student exchange and internship programmes for profit and non-profit organisations.
Its international office is in Rotterdam, Netherlands. As of November 2010, the AIESEC network includes over 64,000 members in 110 countries and territories, making it the largest youth-run organisation in the world. It is present in over 2,100 universities across the globe, provides more than 10,000 leadership experiences to its members and sends students and graduates on 16,000 international exchanges yearly.
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