1/17/2024
Qatar Charity launched the"2030 Challenge Program Sustainability Makers" with the first edition focusing on the Qatar Vision 2030, which is environmental development, in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change and the Biology Education of Qatar University Alumni association, with the participation of 10 middle and secondary schools for girls.
The program began with the first workshop, which was organized at the headquarters of Qatar Charity On the topic “Sustainability in Qatar”, the dimensions and goals of sustainable development were discussed, and possible environmental solutions were presented.
Intense presence
The workshop witnessed a large presence of middle and high school students, with the number of participants exceeding 100 students. An introductory meeting was held for the participating schools, where each school nominated its team to work within their schools on the projects presented in the program, under the supervision of specialists, so that the projects would later be delivered and the first three places for each would be judged. From middle and high school.
In this context, the teacher at Rawda Bin Jassim Secondary School, Asma Suleiman, said: “We participate in the sustainability project in Qatar to have a mark on the area where our school is located. We started by forming an agriculture team that participated in the Expo, and we are continuing the journey with them now in this challenge to find solutions to eliminate desertification and encourage afforestation. We encourage the students to search for solutions to various environmental problems, such as water shortages and pollution.” "Environmental."
Leading programs
Fajer Jaber Al-Tamimi, a student at Al-Shaima Secondary School for Girls, said: “I benefited a lot today and realized ways to avoid the risks caused by environmental disasters and how to offer alternatives and solutions to environmental problems to benefit society and prevent environmental damage.”
For her part, student Haya Ali Al Suwaidi from Al Shaima Secondary School said: “I participated in the 2030 Challenge program. I benefited from the workshop that was presented, as I learned today about many of the pioneering programs inside Qatar and learned about natural reserves that I did not know before.”
Project support
The program’s workshops will continue until the beginning of next February and are presented by the Environmental Awareness Department of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, while the Biology Education Branch of Qatar University graduates supports student projects from an applied perspective by providing supervisors and specialists to supervise student projects in addition to directing and guiding the school project supervisor and setting evaluation and judging criteria for projects. Creative and contributing to the arbitration of projects.
In this context, Mrs. Khawla Al-Ghafri, First Vice President of the Biology Education Association, the branch of the Qatar University Alumni Association, said: “We work in the Biology Education Association to provide support to graduates of Qatar University to learn scientific specializations and spread scientific culture. Our role is to support student projects in addition to directing and advising the project supervisor from the school as well.” Establishing evaluation and arbitration criteria for creative projects.