In collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Educational Council and the Abu Dhabi Educational Zone, the Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) has launched an environmental awareness program for school students in Abu Dhabi.
Organized under the slogan, “From Awareness to Action ”, the program includes an awareness campaign with environmental quizzes and competitions.
A competition, entitled: “The Environment Champion” was launched and the winners will be decorated with the title and receive valuable prizes presented by ADMA-OPCO. The competition targets grade 4 & 5 students. The program helps students to learn about the environment by playing games including the Snake & Ladder Game. A recycling workshop will be held alongside this competition.
The environmental awareness program was organized jointly with Umm Ammar Secondary School and Al Bateen Model School. ADMA-OPCO has a long-term partnership with Umm Ammar Secondary School Environmental Club , and a new partnership has also been established with Al Bateen Model School.
The environmental awareness program is designed to cover as many students as possible in the Abu Dhabi Education Council school in different levels (cycles 1& 2 and secondary), including about 32 government, private and model schools.
Two bilingual booklets will be issued by the partnership schools and ADMA-OPCO for higher level students (cycle 2 and secondary). The content of the booklets addresses water pollution, alternative energy and climate change.
An assessment test will be held for the students based on the information presented in the booklets.
All the participants and main organizers will be awarded at the end of the program by ADMA –OPCO.
Commenting on the program, ADMA-OPCO General Manager Ali Rashid Al-Jarwan said: “We are proud to launch this informative program which comes in line with our Corporate Social Responsibility. Environmental awareness is an important issue and it is the responsibility of everyone in the society to ensure a clean and healthy environment.
“Since the future lies in the hands of the younger generation, we have decided to target schools.”
Al-Jarwan announced that the program will cover more segments of the society in the future. “We will continue to sponsor more programs that really reflect our commitment to the environment and CSR. A wide range of activities will be organized in the years to come to benefit a wider audience in the society.”
Manager Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Assurance Omar Al-Shamlan said the program had been designed to cater to the most pressing environmental issues that cause concern to environmentalists as well as the international community as a whole. “Our message to the younger generation is to start to show some sort of responsibility towards the environment.
“When you start young, it becomes a habit and we advise everyone to make caring for the environment a habit.”
To uphold its position as a front runner in terms of Health, Safety & Environment performance in the Oil & Gas industry, ADMA-OPCO put forth HSE as top priority in all its business interests, demonstrating full commitment to uphold HSE excellence in all activities.
