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DEWA Youth Council builds sustainability awareness among schoolchildren at Summer Camp 2026 · DEWA Podcasts

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  Welcome to today's session, everyone. Today,
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  we're exploring a pretty brilliant community
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  initiative. Oh, nice. The Youth Council of Dubai
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  Electricity and Water Authority, known as DIWA,
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  they recently organized a vital awareness workshop.
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  It is such a great story. This was actually organized
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  as part of the fourth edition of Summer Camp
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  2026. Right. It was hosted by Ferjan Dubai in
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  collaboration with Al -Amin Service. Wow. Yeah,
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  and the workshop brought together schoolchildren
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  between the ages of 5 and 15 from Al -Qanij and
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  Al -Barsha. I just think the naming was perfect.
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  They called it Electricity and Water Heroes.
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  Love that. The entire focus was on raising awareness
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  of the efficient management of electricity and
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  water. Hmm. They did this alongside waste reduction
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  and, you know, general environmental protection.
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  It is so important to reach that demographic.
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  The workshop really aimed to instill sustainability
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  values from a very early age. Yeah, exactly.
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  It was delivered in a highly interactive and
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  accessible format. It really encouraged these
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  young pupils to adopt responsible behaviors at
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  home and at school. Absolutely. It provided practical
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  tips and guidance to help these schoolchildren
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  actually improve their use of resources. Right.
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  This is empowering them to drive positive change
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  in their local communities. And to truly capture
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  the vision behind this? Yeah. I want to read
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  the official statement regarding this initiative,
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  word for word. Go ahead. It perfectly frames
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  the mission. We support DEWA's social responsibility
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  efforts to encourage the younger generation to
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  actively contribute to building a more sustainable
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  future. During the UAE's Year of Family, we are
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  reinforcing our commitment to nurturing an aware
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  and responsible generation well -equipped to
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  address current and future climate challenges.
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  We are pleased to take part in initiatives and
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  programs that make productive use of young people's
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  time and energy during the summer holiday. Wow.
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  While instilling the values of teamwork and responsibility
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  for the benefit of the nation, individuals, and
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  society. That statement beautifully highlights
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  the value of productive summer programs. Because
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  when you blend teamwork, responsibility, and
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  climate awareness, Yeah. you truly prepare the
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  youth for the future. Now, here's a question
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  we'd like you to think about. Ooh. Okay. If you
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  were designing a summer camp to turn local children
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  into environmental heroes, Hmm. what is the very
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  first practical habit you would teach them?