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Tribune News Network
Doha
In line with its strong commitment to sustainable practices, Galfar Al Misnad, one of Qatar's leading construction firms, launched a month-long Environment Awareness Campaign on the occasion of World Environment Day, with a tree planting ceremony along with an insightful environmental awareness session at the Shantiniketan Indian School.
More than 120 students from the 6th and 7th classes of the school attended the interactive session, where the Galfar Al Misnad team educated them on the common responsibility of every individual, including children, to reduce the impact of modern development on the natural environment through simple practices.
Highlighting the United Nations' chosen theme for the year, 'Beat Plastic Pollution if you can't reuse it, refuse it', Galfar's HSE Manager, Venkatesan Kulandaivelu, started the session with a presentation on the perils of plastic waste that is increasingly harming every living thing on the earth. To illustrate the level of damage caused by plastic, he also showed a short video, which awakened the children's awareness of the extent of the issue, with scenes of plastic waste found inside stomachs of fish."As a construction company, we are involved in the development of many areas in Qatar, including stadiums, the metro, oil and gas, schools, and so much more. However, we always to try to make sure that we employ sustainable practices to lessen the impact on our natural environment," Kulandaivelu explained. He asked the children to also attempt to do the same in their own actions.
The students were also given a chance to share with their colleagues, methods that they already employed at home to avoid creating plastic pollution.
The Galfar Al Misnad team then led the students and school staff in planting five different fruit trees at the school. There was also a drawing competition with the theme 'My Planet', in which 30 children participated. Subhash Nair, principal of Shantiniketan Indian School, said such programmes teach the children to be generous, generative, and encourages them to take care of the environment.
This is the fifth year that Galfar Al Misnad is collaborating with Shantiniketan Indian School on World Environment Day.
