THE Environmental Community Health Organisation (ECHO) has established echo-clubs in Region number 7. 

The objectives are to raise awareness on environmental and community health issues within the regions,to provide information on personal hygiene to the students attending schools in the regions;to provide a forum for students, parents and teachers to work together to protect and preserve the health of the environment and their local communities;and to encourage students, teachers and parents to take responsibility for the physical state of their general surroundings.
Mr. Adrainaus Vlugman from PAHO/WHO, the Ministry of Education, Bounty Farm and Western Union provided critical interventions in that venture. It is clear that different regions would have specific health, community and environmental needs.
As a result, in Region # 7 (Cuyuni/Mazaruni), Echo focused on environmental health. The organisation established 30 echo-clubs in the schools there.
A number of activities were identified in the schools to facilitate greater interaction between students and the natural environment, including an environmental audit of school yards; developing logs to identify plants, birds, and insects; activities that would highlight the effects of climate change and global warming and energy conservation.
At that session, a number of recommendations were made, including: setting up an echo office in the region;the provision of refuse receptacles for residents in those local communities; hold face-to-face community meetings; promote environmental awareness and education;and establish community development groups in the region.