Sketches around the world

Sketches around the World, is the third edition of this international program intended to raise children's awareness of environmental and health protection. Students, aged between 9 and 11, will investigate and draw one project they think represent advances for the environment and one proposed project they would wish to see carried out.

In Thailand, Veolia Water is promoting this campaign through the drawing contest organized with Wat Chong Nonsi School and Yindeevit School.

On the 10 th of March, the first round of the competition, among the 50 teams participating, 10 winning teams will be selected to attend the final round on the Sketches Day on the 22nd of March, 2006.

During the morning, the members of the jury will select all together the winning Sketch from the 10 original sketches selected at the first round.

The Jury will be composed of :

• Two representative of the teaching profession
• Mr. Terry Chatfield, Managing Director of Veolia Water Thailand
• Mr. Suriya Suptanasinkasem, Managing Director of Gusco
• One representative of UNESCO ASPnet in Bangkok
• Mrs. Katevalee PHISANBUT - President of S.Napa (Thailand) and GUSCO Chairman
• Mr. Uthai JUNTIMA - IEAT Governor and GUSCO Board Director
• Mr. Phonphot KANNASOOT - Director of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) - Department of Drainage and Sewerage

In the same morning, the 10 selected team will be taken to Siam Ocean World (the largest aquarium of South East Asia) prior to sharing a friendly lunch, jointly with the jury members and some special guests at the Chong Nonsi Wastewater Treatment Plant yard. Afterwards, it will be the culmination of the day with the nomination of the winning sketch of Thailand.

The winning team of Thailand will have its project displayed alongside winning projects from around the world during the sustainable development week, starting on 5th June, 2006, at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The winning projects from each country will then be exhibited in an international traveling exhibition.

Two children from Thailand, accompanied by an adult from each of the winning classes will be invited to take part in the international meeting of the representatives of winning classes to take place during the first week of June 2006 at UNESCO's headquarters in Paris.

Veolia Water Thailand
Magaly Piguet
magaly.piguet@veoliawater.co.th