SUSTAINABILITY MOVEMENT- Mabarrat Charity Association

October 26, 2018

A team of volunteers from Dar Al Handasah - Beirut office Joined the Sustainability Movement 2018 Campaign to work on a Sustainability & Environmental awareness project at "Mabarrat Charity Association" . The team worked on a set plan to provide the largest possible impact on the Students. The day of service starts with an interactive presentation covering the main environmental and sustainability opportunities encountered on a daily basis, followed by a hands-on activity to motivate students to become future green leaders.

30

Students attended

10

Staff attended

7

Additional Volunteers attended

1000

Students will be impacted this year

Intended impact of project

Reduced environmental impact
Improved occupant health & performance
Increased environmental & sustainability literacy
Reduce landfill waste

Impact of project

Energy and/or water conservation
Educated on sustainable skills and practices
Educated on sustainability knowledge

More impact of project

The event started with an interactive presentation which ensured the students have an understanding on the types of Pollution and how to THINK GREEN & ACT GREEN. The students then were distributed in to smaller groups to work on one hands on activities focusing on : Water Audit

Activity 1: (Water Audit) The team gave a Basic briefing about the strategy of water audit, water leakage & Consumption. the event engaged students from five sister school (orphanage) branches. the water audit activity was transferred into an inter-school competition in which the six teams competed against each other to get accurate results of leakage and consumption and present findings. With such initiative, the school teams (five students and one teacher) served as a ambassadors and lead the same activity in there schools. we were able to have much more extensive impact than we had hoped for in that one project.

The event ended by a briefing session were all participating student received a certificate for participation for the great involvement and commitment.