Dr. R Seetharaman, Group CEO of Doha Bank pose for a group photo with offcials and students.
Doha: Reinforcing its commitment on evolving environmental awareness, Doha Bank, announced the 8th edition of its ECO-Schools Program Awards held on March 26, Saturday. The awarding ceremony recognised students and schools in Qatar that completed ECO-Schools project in their school’s ground and play an active role in learning environmental issues and implementing sustainable practices.
The ECO-Schools program designed to empower and inspire young children to make positive environmental changes to their school. The ECO-Schools Program Award presented to 8 schools in a ceremony at Doha Bank’s headquarter. The awards acknowledged creativity and innovation of students in successfully completing their green projects as part of the ECO-Schools Program
For the ‘Environmental Health’ category, the awards were presented to 4 schools,
Birla Public School for ‘Sowers and Growers (Kitchen Garden)’ project, Pakistan International School Qatar for the ‘Breathe Your Own Oxygen’ project, Philippine School Doha - Junior High School for the ‘Vertical Garden’ project and Philippine School Doha - Senior High School for ‘Green Revolution: A Move to Environmental Sustainability’ project.
The following 2 schools were recognized under the ‘Water Management’ category, Al-Ahnaf Bin Qais Independent School for the ‘Stop, Save a drop’ project and Rajagiri Public School for the ‘Pot Drainer System’ project.
Dr. R. Seetharaman, Group CEO of Doha Bank, said: “Doha Bank firmly support promoting environmental education among students through ECO-Schools Program. We recognize the young generation’s creative ideas and projects that promote environmental preservation and sustainable development which eventually make the world as a better place to live in and for the future generation. We are pleased see the effort made by school’s Management, Teachers, and Students for innovative idea and completing the projects. We look forward another successful ECO-Schools Program with enthusiastic participation from schools and students in Qatar.”
