2004 – Environmental security for residents of settlements near to obsolete pesticide burial in Ararat region

 Project supported by IPEN PWG

Duration: August 2004 -October 2004
Location: Ararat region

Activities/Deliverables

• Monitoring of obsolete pesticide burial, visits to region: villages and burial
• Lab. investigation of breast milk in 3 villages located below burial; water
• Survey assessment of health and environment in 3 villages located below burial of pesticides
• Advocacy activities, meetings with local officials
• Media activities, p- releases, newspaper articles, radio
• Publishing of 2 booklets, one poster around the problem
• Seminar with stakeholders on POPs issue, dissemination of information through local communities.
• Round Table with NGOs leaders and press

Report on activities carried out by AWHHE in frame of IPEN IC/PWG mini grant (MS Word format – 30KB)

Seminar on formation of NGOs anti POPS coalition/working group Organizer: Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment NGO (MS Word format – 55KB)

The memorandum of mutual understanding of the antiPOPs coalition within the framework of the POPs Convention (MS Word format – 30KB)