BIS #5987 BSAFE, THREAT TO BIODIVERSITY, & THE NEW NORMAL
by BISMumbai Correspondent
The recent decades can rightly be called the 'decades of the zoonotic diseases'! The entire world-as-we-know-it has been devastatingly affected by these animals-to-humans disease transference. The diseases - Ebola, Avian influenza [Bird Flu], H1N1 [Swine Flu], Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), Rift Valley Fever, Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), West Nile Virus, the Zika virus, and the latest and newest Novel Coronavirus [COVID-19] - with their [bacteria, parasites, fungi] ability for adaptability, these species-jumping pathogens have unleashed havoc causing deaths in scores and threatened human life, through the unprecedented socio-economic impacts. The universal crisis' profound effect on the wellbeing of 'our common home', especially affects those already disadvantaged, impoverished and most vulnerable. Within this bleak and dark scenario, MumbaiSalesians are working toward long-term sustainability and adaptability, journeying with the young.
MumbaiSalesians' Prafulta Centre for Psychological Wellness situated at Andheri-Mumbai is to organise a Free Webinar BSAFE [Behavioural Skills and Functional Education] for Children with Different Needs, on 20 June from 05.30 p.m to 07.00 p.m via Zoom. The Panelists are: Father Godfrey D'Sa, Dr. Wilona Braganza,Dr. Payal Ubale and Divya Nair.
Registration:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQmDFCAVNkkWS5ooM_XT8V-VgSyHVUvuBcoOlrDUL6XWh4qg/viewform
Hindi Version
MumbaiSalesians' GreenLine Mumbai is organising a Digital Poster Competition on Threat to Biodiversity. The last date for submission is 20 June. GreenLine hopes that this digital poster competition will help communicate environmental issues to larger audiences. The Winners will receive an E-certificate via email.
Competition Rules:
• Prepare a poster on any threat to biodiversity with a hard-hitting message.
• Send an image of the final poster with an incomplete copy also [to show you made it!].
Evaluation Criteria:
▪Design & creativity.
▪Message
▪Social media Impact [likes & shares]
Further details and Registration can be done by Direct Messaging [DM] @greenlinemumbai on Instagram
MumbaiSalesians' Provincial Provincial Father Savio Silveira, also the Convener of Don Bosco Green Alliance is to moderate a Panel Discussion 'Global Perspectives Towards A Sustainable Future," on 21 June 2020. This is in the context of the new campaign 'Rethink, Reconnect, Renew', launched by Don Bosco Green Alliance on 05 June [World Environment Day]. Since the Covid-19 global pandemic has thrown up newer ways, and has opened up conversations about the 'new normal', Auberie Samson, Abigail Gyaaba and Br. Peter Minh Duc Nguyen will be the panellists. To Register Check https://linktr.ee/dbgreenalliance