QAD students praised for raising awareness on plastic pollution

Doha: The students of Qatar Academy Doha (QAD) – a Qatar Foundation school – had received an appreciation letter, recently, from the H H Amir of Qatar for their efforts in pushing for a nation-wide ban on single-use plastics. Building on this effort, these students took up the task of beach-cleaning to raise even further awareness about plastic pollution, littering, and its detrimental effects on our environment. 

Nine-year old Al Dhabi Al Thani, a student at Qatar Academy Doha (QAD), part of Qatar Foundation’s (QF’s) Pre-University Education, explains her reasons for joining the beach clean-up activity where she, along with other students and staff from QAD and the Doha Environmental Actions Project (DEAP), collected, on average, 10-12 kilos of trash from different beaches, such as Al Mafjar, Umm Bab, Al Ghariyah, in Qatar. Al Dhabi says: “I want to explore the beaches of Qatar, and watch the birds landing on water. I want to dive to discover the different marine life in these waters. I want to be sure they are all fine, and not in danger because of pollution and plastic.