DCWD launches inter-school competitions
DAVAO City Water District has lined up citywide inter-school competitions in celebration of Davao City’s Water Consciousness Month this November among elementary, high school, and college students all over the city.
To highlight the celebration, DCWD will hold three separate competitions: the Science and Math Quiz Bee for public and private elementary students on November 11, 2016, the Extemporaneous Speaking Contest for college students on November 18, and Onthe-Spot Poster Making Contest for public and private high school students on November 25. All three events will take place in SM City Davao Annex.
Acceptance of entries for said competitions is still ongoing. Entry forms and contest mechanics can be downloaded from the Davao City Water District website (www.davao-water.gov.ph). Entries may be submitted via email to publicinfo_dcwd@yahoo.com, via fax to 282-8912, or thru personal submission to the Public Information/Relations Division (PI/RD) at DCWD Ma-a office (along Ma-a road near Luzviminda Village). Deadline of submission is on October 21, 2016. For more information, contact 297-(DCWD) 3293.
As prelude to the Water Consciousness Month celebration, DCWD will also conduct its Goes-toSchool Project at Teodoro Palma Gil Elementary School on October 14, at Vicente Hizon Sr. Elementary School on October 21, and Sta. Clara Elementary School on October 28. DCWD will also be giving away free bags and notebooks to the students and instructional materials to the teachers.
The Water Consciousness Month is an annual celebration in Davao City with DCWD as the lead agency as declared by Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte through Proclamation No. 12 issued on September 27, 2001. Since then, DCWD has been organizing various activities to promote water conservation, water rehabilitation, and environment protection spearheaded by the PI/RD of the Community Relations and External Affairs Department in coordination with various departments of the water utility. John Winston Anthony C. Ajero II