Prepared by: Ms. Sushama Sharma, Member, PP Batch III
On
26th June 2020, Paschim Paaila in collaboration with Environment and
public Health Organization (ENPHO) organized sharing and discussion program on
"COVID-19 and Environmental Health” through zoom platform. The main
objective of sharing and discussion program was to share the impacts of
COVID-19 observed in the environment and human health as a whole, as well as to
sensitize and motivate youths on the intervention of faeco-oral and other WASH
related communicable diseases.
On
26th June 2020, Paschim Paaila in collaboration with Environment and
public Health Organization (ENPHO) organized sharing and discussion program on
"COVID-19 and Environmental Health” through zoom platform. The main
objective of sharing and discussion program was to share the impacts of
COVID-19 observed in the environment and human health as a whole, as well as to
sensitize and motivate youths on the intervention of faeco-oral and other WASH
related communicable diseases.
Mr.
Ravindra Pandeya, Director, The Green Move Consultancy Pvt. Ltd., resided as facilitator
of the program. In the program, Mr. Pandeya reflected on positive impacts of
COVID-19 in environmental health and included scenario of biodiversity as well.
Mr. Pandeya shared about the environmental burden of diseases and the cultural
evolution from hunter-gatherers to industrial era, the shifting paradigm of
nature. Also, the reflection on the change to expect after COVID-19 were
highlighted as such change on CO2 emission and the roles of youth in
bringing the positive change for reduction of CO2 emission.
In order to
make the program fruitful, discussion was done through question and answer
session. Participants also shared their views in regard to topic. More than 27
participated in the program of different educational background.
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