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Centre
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Egyptian
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Project
Aware Clean up Day
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Red
Sea Diving College - Project A.W.A.R.E clean-up day 16th
September.
Staff and guests alike were again proud to carry out a
clean up of the Sharm el Sheikh area on Project AWARE
Clean up day.
All divers that day were made aware of the International
event and were encouraged to participate, leading by example
were of course the Red Sea Diving College staff. Clean-ups
were done on all the sites that were dived that day, from
Ras Mohammed National Park all the way to the Straits
of Tiran, meaning a total of 12 sites were given special
treatment that day! Along side the normal coral and fish
spotting, rubbish spotting was given special priority
throughout the days diving.
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To encourage further participation, a late afternoon
bay dive was offered free, as long as guests came back
with discarded rubbish! All those who participated throughout
the day were awarded a certificate of recognition for
their efforts, and by the end of the day, approximately
150 certificates were awarded!
The main focus of the Red Sea Diving College clean-up
was close to its heart - the confined area of Naama
Bay, the main training site of the college, and the
home of our new artificial reef. This location gave
the college the chance to involve the enthusiastic local
community in the clean-up and the day proved a worth
while investment for land dwellers and the underwater
life alike.
The final haul amounted to an estimated 350kg of rubbish,
all of which was sent to be disposed of in the correct
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Taba
Heights, South Sinai, Egypt- Project
A.W.A.R.E clean-up day 16th September.
Red Sea Waterworld was again proud to act as co-coordinators
for this event and acknowledges the participation of
the Taba Heights Company and hotels including the Hyatt
Regency, Sofitel, Marriott, Intercontinental and Three
Corners. Without their continued efforts and support,
the event would not have been such a huge success.
This
year more than 150 volunteers throughout Taba Heights
removed more than 250 kg of debris from our beaches,
reefs and surrounding areas. Each year, the amount collected
is less than the previous year, indicating that Taba
Heights continues to see waste disposal as a priority
issue.
All Taba Heights hotels were responsible for conducting
a beach clean up together with collecting rubbish from
areas surrounding their hotels. Teams were co-coordinated
to clean throughout the entire day, covering every corner
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Red
Sea Waterworld conducted a beach clean up together with
an underwater clean up of 7 of our dive sites. Clients
on our dive boats and snorkel trip needed little encouragement
to participate in the underwater event.
Moshi Perera, General Manager of the Hyatt Regency Taba
Heights was so enthusiastic about helping in the event,
he completed the Open Water Course the week before to
ensure he, together with his buddy Neil Firman, Executive
Chef, could participate in the underwater clean up.
After numerous photographs were taken at the hotels and
watersports and diving centre, courtesy of Sinai Pictures,
all the rubbish was picked up by a Taba Heights company
truck for transportation to the Taba Heights recycling
plant. Staff sifted through the debris, sorting it into
plastics, glass, paper, etc – the perfect way to
end the clean up operation.
Of course, everyone was invited afterwards at Sea Club
to join in the Happy Hour and receive their Certificates
of Recognition and celebrate being part of the event. |
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