Projects and Activities >> Environmental security for residents of settlements near to obsolete pesticide burial in Ararat region
Project supported by IPEN PWG
Duration: August 2004 -October 2004 Location: Ararat region
Activities/Deliverables
Monitoring of obsolete pesticide burial, visits to region: villages and burial
Lab. investigation of breast milk in 3 villages located below burial; water
Survey assessment of health and environment in 3 villages located below burial of pesticides
Advocacy activities, meetings with local officials
Media activities, p- releases, newspaper articles, radio
Publishing of 2 booklets, one poster around the problem
Seminar with stakeholders on POPs issue, dissemination of information through local communities.
Round Table with NGOs leaders and press
Report on activities carried out by AWHHE in frame of IPEN IC/PWG mini grant (MS Word format - 30KB)
Seminar on formation of NGOs anti POPS coalition/working group Organizer: Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment NGO (MS Word format - 55KB)
The memorandum of mutual understanding of the antiPOPs coalition within the framework of the POPs Convention (MS Word format - 30KB)
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