As the weeklong #BrigadaEskwela comes to a close today, the Philippine Healthcare and Mercury Wastes Management Project (HCWM Project), together with its official mascot, Nurse Susie, joined teachers, parents, non-teaching staff, and other community members of Teodora Alonzo Elementary School in Project 4, Quezon City, for the final leg of clean-up activities in preparation for the opening of classes.
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The HCWM Project, implemented by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in partnership with the Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-EMB), with the non-government organization BAN Toxics as the executing entity, aims to improve healthcare waste systems in the country. One of its initiatives is to conduct awareness-raising activities in communities and schools surrounding its partner hospitals.
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BAN Toxics and Teodora Alonzo Elementary School also signed a memorandum of understanding for the Toxics-Free and Waste-Free Schools Program (TFSP), raising awareness of hazardous chemicals and waste through educational activities that promote environmental stewardship among learners.
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Earlier this week, the HCWM Project team and Nurse Susie also joined Brigada Eskwela activities at Jose P. Laurel Sr. High School, also in Project 4.