DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Sept. 17, 2012) – As part of its commitment to the protection of the environment, the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE) – Davao City chapter once again donated one rainwater tank and ten garbage bins to a seaside village elementary school of Aledia in Paquibato District in Davao City in Mindanao.
It said the project aims to raise the level of awareness of the school and the community on proper waste disposal and management by providing each recipient school adequate garbage bins and provide rainwater collector tank for water supply conservation.
In a statement sent to the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner, Engineer Erdsan Rene S. Suero, PICE chapter president, said that this is already their sixth month of conducting the greening existing school project that started last April under the auspices of the Project Green Engineering Philippines with the leadership of Public Works and Highways Undersecretary Romeo S. Momo, the PICE national president.
Other recipient schools of the same greening facilities in the region are Diego Silang Elementary School of Matina Aplaya; New Carmen Elementary School of Tugbok; Gatungan Elementary School of Bunawan, all in Davao City. And Nawan Primary School of Malita North district in Davao del Sur province and recently Ladian Elementary School of Marilog district in Davao City.
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