Children`s Forest Program in North India

Year Started	2000
Name of Coordinator	Ms. Ritu Prasad
Activities	Tree planting involving the school children. Campaigns to discourage the use of plastic shopping bags, prohibition of nailing of commercial boards on the trees and recycling. Painting competition with a theme about the environment in schools. Distribution of the “Action Hand-Book on Children`s Forest Program” to the CFP participating schools within India. Seminars to empower the school teachers and encourage their involvement to the program.
Project Impact	Increase in the number of vegetation cover in the schools and adjacent communities Increase of awareness on environmental conservation and protection among the school children
Number of Schools	2,116 Schools (total number in India)