As part of the Qatar Sustainability Week 2019,

Qatar Charity organizes “My Environment is My Responsibility” Event

The Women’s Branch of Qatar Charity Center for Community Development in Al Rayyan has organized an event entitled “My Environment is My Responsibility” in cooperation with the ‘Greener Future’ initiative. The event, which was held within the framework of the Qatar Sustainability Week 2019, witnessed the participation of 30 children along with many women and mothers.

The event aims at educating the participants about the importance and role of recycling in reducing environmental hazards to society, teaching them skills to recycle paper and plastic waste, and encouraging mothers to recycle household items, especially bottles.

The workshop, which was presented by Mr. Hamad Saad Al-Jabara, an environmental engineer, included both theoretical and practical aspects.

The theoretical part of the workshop included the importance of preserving the environment, encouraging participating children and mothers not to use plastic items, and urging them to use papers and stuffs made of biodegradable and environmentally friendly substances.

However, on the practical side, participants, including children, were trained on how to recycle bottles and make new beautiful things using plastic water bottles, colored papers, and other materials.

During the workshop, Engineer Hamad Saad Al Jabara spoke on the dangers of items made of plastic, such as containers, bottles, carry bags, highlighting their negative effects on aquatic animals and the environment. He also explained these hazards by showing many pictures of aquatic animals that were badly affected due to plastic water bottles and other plastic items thrown near the beaches of seas and rivers.

“The workshop aims to create a sustainable environment in the community by developing ideas that can build a generation aware of the dangers of using plastics, encouraging participants to use alternatives other than plastics, namely papers, and guiding the community to shops that sell environmentally friendly products”, Engineer Hamad Saad Al Jab said in a press statement. It also aims at training participants on recycling used items to reuse them, he added.

He also valued the participation of the “Greener Future” initiative along with Qatar Charity in the “My Environment is My Responsibility” event as part of the Qatar Sustainability Week 2019.

Qatar Charity and the “Greener Future” initiative enjoy a prolonged cooperation, as they have already participated in the program called “Initiatives Challenge" during the holy month of Ramadan, he further said, noting that there would be greater cooperation in other events soon.

The workshop witnessed significant interaction from the participating mothers and children, who expressed their delight with taking part in such an event. “The workshop is an important to us, as we learnt many new things, and knew about the importance of using environmentally friendly items and the dangers of plastics,” said Hiba Baroudi, a participating mother, pointing out that for the first time she came to know that there were shops selling environmentally friendly products.