Mumbai, Sunday, December, 2019: Over 3000 children and their parents took part in the Children’s Earth Walkathon organized by Alu Connect at Bandra Fort on Sunday to spread the message of environmental consciousness. The school students were dressed as flowers, animals, birds, bugs and held placards promoting ‘walking to school’ and pledged their support for a better, healthier and a cleaner Earth.
Derrick AG Angelsz, Director, Alu Connect, said, “I am overwhelmed with the response to our inaugural Children’s Earth Walkathon. It was like a carnival out there with children displaying messages to promote environmental consciousness. Also, we gave every child a sapling to either plant it in their societies or schools. They were very excited about collecting the saplings. We shall be taking many such initiatives in the future.”
"AluConnect aims to take this concept to seven cities across India and also tie-up with schools in Mumbai for the ‘Walk to School’ program" - National Herald
"The first-of-its-kind initiative by AluConnect, the idea was mooted by a six-year-old, Aaira Chunawala whose awareness of the environment and its constant degradation forced her to ask her parents to help her in formulate a concept so that the pollution levels near schools can be brought down".
