Students collected the blue caps to be turned into food bowls for stray animals. On the other hand, children brought together the food containers obtained by transformation with Purina foods and Nestlé Pure Life waters with street animals in the school gardens.
In collaboration with Impact Hub Istanbul and Circular Mind, Nestlé Purina PetCare, which has been a world pioneer in pet nutrition for over 80 years and develops innovative products to provide pets with a healthy life completed the final phase of the project “Our Life is on the Street”. The last stage of the project, which was carried out with the aim of producing solutions for the feeding, sheltering and adoption of stray animals, whose victimization increased in the Covid 19 epidemic, was completed with the support of children.
Children’s awareness project
In the first phase of the project, “21. Within the scope of “Little Heroes of the Century”, approximately 750 children who are among the architects of the future, Bursa Uludağ University Veterinary Faculty Internal Diseases Lecturer Prof. Dr. Ebru Yalçın gave awareness trainings on the care and behavior of pets as well as stray animals. Subsequently, the blue plastic cap collection program was started with the children, with the aim of reinforcing the children’s environmental awareness. In this phase, which aims to raise awareness of recycling for children, the blue containers collected by little animal lovers were converted for stray animals and 35 food bowls were obtained. It was aimed that the children who completed their education would turn the theoretical knowledge they learned into practice within the scope of the project. In this context, primarily food containers were sent to schools. The students were brought together with our pawed friends in the school gardens with Purina’s healthy and delicious Friskies foods and Nestlé Pure Life waters. In addition, the students who completed the training and participated in the blue cap transformation are the heroes of the ’21. ‘Little Heroes of the Century’ certificates were awarded.
The power of proficiency has won
Nestlé Purina PetCare Turkey General Manager Ayça Erkol said the following about the issue: “Being together with animals around the world makes a positive contribution to our lives. we know. On the other hand, love for animals is a unique acquisition that develops and learns at a young age. Within the scope of our Canimiz Sokakta project, we had the opportunity to both improve the life conditions of street animals and introduce children to this love. We were very impressed with the children’s power to make qualifications and their extraordinary efforts. Thanks to them, we succeeded. We are very pleased that we can support animals in need and contribute to raising the awareness of future generations. Many thanks to all the children and project partners who supported the project.”
