(MENAFN – Emirates News Agency (WAM)) DUBAI, 25th March, 2018 (WAM) — Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, DEWA, and the UAE Water Aid Foundation, Suqia, under the umbrella of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, MBRGI, organised an awareness programme to raise the awareness of school students in Dubai on the global issues of water crisis, water scarcity, sustainability and rationalisation of natural resources.
Since its launch in October 2017, the programme, organized in association with Surge Middle East, included interactive and educational activities with the participation of over 1,400 students in Dubai schools and around 60 volunteer trainers from DEWA.
The programme includes a virtual trip around the world to identify the problem of water scarcity and the challenges facing millions of people around the world to obtain clean water.
It focuses on the concepts of equal distribution of water in different countries, water footprint, sustainability and rationalisation of resources.
"In line with the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, DEWA is committed to involve and inform the young people, as future leaders, about global environmental and sustainability issues, especially water shortage," said Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Suqia.
We strive to highlight the issue of water scarcity and how we can contribute to solving it around the world and work for a better future for the entire human race, he added.
The programme also supports the Demand Side Management Strategy we adopted with the ultimate objective of cutting 30 per cent of our power and water consumption by 2030, he added.
Mohammed Abdulkareem Al Shamsi, Acting Executive Director of Suqia, said, "This programme aims to reach more than 3,600 primary and elementary students in 24 schools in Dubai, until the end of the current academic year.
We are committed to achieving the objectives, set by the MBRGI, to combat poverty and disease by contributing to finding permanent and sustainable solutions to water scarcity issue by using solar energy."
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