Madurai school placed third at Volvo Adventure Conference

Bangalore, May 23 (UNI) TVS Higher Secondary School, Madurai, has won the third prize at the Volvo Adventure competition 2006 at an internationally-acclaimed conference in Sweden.

The Madurai team's project focused on 'Wastage of drinking water', which scientifically analysed the reasons for water shortage at their school and suggested measures to reduce it. The prize consisted of a development grant of 4,000 US Dollars.

Volvo Group, Volvo Cars and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) jointly initiated this Global Environmental Award to encourage youth to participate in environmental education programmes and gain international recognition through local initiatives, Volvo India Managing Director Eric Leblanc said in a release here yesterday.

''The Volvo Adventure competition provided a unique opportunity for our school children to participate in an environmental project of international repute...This achievement has proved to be a dream come true for these youngsters and has helped boost their confidence through the exposure and opportunity to participate,'' Ms Selvi Santhosam, Project Leader for the School, said.

She said the students plan to take the initiative forward by using this development grant productively in Madurai. They propose to join hands with other local schools and address the water shortage problem in Madurai at the community level.

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