Kids for Tigers to hold their annual inter-school tiger fest

This is the 25th year of the initiative, which currently works with more than 90 schools in six cities and seeks to “increase awareness among children about India’s biodiversity and sensitise them to the fact that saving tigers and their forests is essential to India’s food and water security,” she says. In Bengaluru, where the initiative touches around thirty schools, Saturday’s event is “an interactive way for the public to be exposed to the great work being done by the students of Bengaluru to save the tiger and the environment,” says Haidarova, adding that this fest offers children a public platform to showcase their conservation resolve and work done in their respective schools through nature clubs or with the encouragement of school staff. 

Kids for Tigers, a children’s environment awareness programme conducted by the Sanctuary Nature Foundation and sponsored by IndusInd Bank in Bengaluru, will hold its annual inter-school tiger fest at the Jawahar Bal Bhavan Society, Cubbon Park, Bengaluru, on Saturday, January 11. According to Mamlakatoi Haidarova, Bengaluru Coordinator, Kids for Tigers, the fest is a unique opportunity for children in the Kids for Tigers programme to come together,  learn about tiger conservation and interact with like-minded wildlife defenders. 

This is the 25th year of the initiative, which currently works with more than 90 schools in six cities and seeks to “increase awareness among children about India’s biodiversity and sensitise them to the fact that saving tigers and their forests is essential to India’s food and water security,” she says. In Bengaluru, where the initiative touches around thirty schools, Saturday’s event is “an interactive way for the public to be exposed to the great work being done by the students of Bengaluru to save the tiger and the environment,” says Haidarova, adding that this fest offers children a public platform to showcase their conservation resolve and work done in their respective schools through nature clubs or with the encouragement of school staff. 

Over 300 students are expected to participate in the event, which will kick off at 9.30 a.m. and go on till 2 p.m. Some events include a next box workshop, poster painting, group song competition and an address by Bengaluru-based naturalist, environment conservationist, photographer, and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Kalyan Varma. “The Kids for Tigers Fest offers an excellent opportunity for interschool interactions between students and teachers to share their views creatively and express themselves in ways that send strong yet respectful messages to other kids and the adults in their lives on the need to protect the planet,” believes Haidarova. 

To know more, email Mamlakatoi Haidarova at mamlakatoi@gmail.com