Back to main Official programme to celebrate World Environment Day 2004
   
  5 June 2004, Saturday
   
  • Publication of special supplement with the daily newspapers on World Environment Day.
  • Inauguration of tree planting programme at Hulhumale’ by the Ministry of Atolls Development in collaboration with the Atoll Offices.
  • Awareness programmes on the World Environment Day theme (Radio and TV programmes).
  • Broadcasting a song on the World Environment Day.
  • Broadcasting special programmes on radio, targeted to crew members of seagoing vessels.
   
  Dates to be decided
   
  • Presentation of the ‘Green Leaf’ award for significant contributions to the environment of the country.
  • Tree planting programme
  • No vehicle day
  • Declaration of Eedhigali Kilhi and Koattey area at Addu Atoll Hithadhoo as a protected area.
   
  Other activities
   
  • The President to send messages to world leaders and heads of international environmental organisations, in which the fragility of the Maldivian environment and global environmental challenges are highlighted.
  • Special programmes to be carried out in the Atolls to mark the day (see below).
   

 

Programme of activities initiated by NGOs and Schools

 

4 June 2004, Friday

  6:00 am
  • Cleaning up school yard of Ungoofaaru School at Raa Atoll Ungoofaaru, by Student Association for Verdant Environment (SAVE) club of the school.
 

9:00 am

  • Cleaning up of school yard by Maalhohu Madharusa in Baa Atoll Maalhos.
  • Cleaning up classrooms and yard area of Dharumavantha School in Male’, organized by the school.
 

14:00 pm

  • Protecting banyan trees at Shaviyani Atoll Lhaimagu by Student Environmental Education Development (SEED) Club of Lhaimagu School.
  • Collecting and gathering plastic wastes throughout Baa Atoll Maalhos by students of Maalholhu Madharusa.
  • Opening exhibition of useful things made out of reused materials, at Raa Atoll Ungoofaaru, organized by SAVE.
  • Displaying entries for poster competition, at Raa Atoll Ungoofaaru, organized by SAVE.
  • Publishing leaflet on World Environment Day, and showing a documentary film to the general public on seas and oceans, at Raa Atoll Ungoofaaru, organized by SAVE.
  20:00 pm
  • Exhibition on useful things made out of reused materials, and exhibition of entries to the poster drawing competition continues at Raa Atoll Ungoofaaru.
 

21:00 pm

  • Awareness seminar for club members and supporters of Jamiyyath Al Saif at Raa Atoll Ungoofaaru, organized by Jamiyyath Al Saif, on everyday practises detrimental to the environment, and how to prevent them.
     
 

5 June 2004, Saturday

 

5:30 am

  • A friendly volley match at Alif Alif Atoll Bodufulhadhoo, organized by Club for Environmental Awareness and Protection (CEAP) of Bodufuladhoo Madharusa.
 

6:00 am

  • Cleaning up Baa Atoll Thulaadhoo Beach by Thulaadhoo School students.
  • Planting trees on the school yard of Ungoofaaru School at Raa Atoll Ungoofaaru, organized by SAVE.
 

6:30 am

  • Tree planting at Shaviyani Atoll Lhaimagu organized by SEED.
  • Tree planting at vegetation line of Seenu Atoll Hithadhoo, by Seenu Teenagers Recreation Society (STARS).
 

7:00 am

  • Cleaning up Raa Ungoofaaru harbour area by Jamiyyath Al Saif.
  • A plastic litter collecting competition at Alif Alif Atoll Bodufulhadhoo, organized by CEAP.
  • Cleaning up Laamu Atoll Fonadhoo beach jointly by Environment Club of Laamu Atoll Education Centre and Fonadhoo Island Office.
 

7:30 am

  • Cleaning up beach area of Shaviyani Atoll Lhaimagu by SEED.
  8:00 am
  • A meeting to mark the World Environment Day, organized jointly by Guraidhoo Endowment Movement (GEM), Guraidhoo Office and Thaa Atoll Madharusaa at Thaa Atoll Guraidhoo.
 

9:00 am

  • Environment quiz to students of Baa Atoll Maalhohu Madharusa, organized by the school.
  • Cleaning up reef around Faafu Atoll Magoodhoo by students and staff of Magoodhoo School.
  • Announcing winners of poster drawing competition, and competition on making useful things out of reused materials, at Raa Atoll Ungoofaaru, organized by SAVE.
  • Meeting to give information on environment to students, organized by Fiyoaree School at Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll Fiyoaree.
  • Planting a large number of breadfruit trees on an area allocated by Hithadhoo Office at Seenu Atoll Hithadhoo, organized jointly by Hithadhoo Office and Environment Club of Muhibbuddin School.
 

9:30 am

  • Cleaning up Alif Alif Atoll Bodufulhadhoo by CEAP.
  • Planting trees around Thaa Atoll Guraidhoo organized jointly by GEM, Guraidhoo Office and Thaa Atoll Madharusaa.
 

11:00 am

  • Metal litter collecting competition at Alif Alif Atoll Bodufulhadhoo, organized by CEAP.
  • Cleaning the roof of 10 houses at Thaa Atoll Guraidhoo, organized jointly by GEM, Guraidhoo Office and Thaa Atoll Madharusaa.
 

14:00 pm

  • Announcing winners of poster competition organized by SEED at Shaviyani Atoll Lhaimagu, and exhibiting the entries of the competition.
  • Launching leaflets on World Environment Day published by SEED at Shaviyani Atoll Lhaimagu.
  • Conducting an awareness programme on the detrimental effects of plastic wastes on the environment, to the people of Baa Atoll Maalhos by students of Maalhohu Madharusa.
  • Cleaning up Raa Atoll Ungoofaaru, organized by SAVE.
  • Cleaning up the harbour area and beach around Thaa Atoll Guraidhoo, organized jointly by GEM, Guraidhoo Office and Thaa Atoll Madharusaa.
  • Essay writing competition on the WED theme, organized by Fiyoaree School at Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll Fiyoaree.
 

16:00 pm

  • Tree planting evening marked by students of Maalhohu Madharusa at Baa Atoll Maalhos.
  • March on the main streets of Laamu Atoll Fonadhoo by members of Environment Club of Laamu Atoll Education Centre, with placards displaying environmental messages.
  • Planting trees at Kaafu Atoll Hulhumale’, organized by Dharumavantha School.
  • Planting trees on the school yard at Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll Fiyoaree School.
 

16:30 pm

  • March on the streets of Baa Atoll Thulhaadhoo by students of Thulhaadhoo School, on the World Environment Day theme.
 

17:00 pm

  • Tree planting at Alif Alif Atoll Bodufulhadhoo, organized by CEAP.
  20:00 pm
  • Meeting to give information on World Environment Day, by a resource person, to students of Dharumavantha School, organized by the school.
  20:30 pm
  • Judging entries to the poster competition at Thaa Atoll Guraidhoo, organized jointly by GEM, Guraidhoo Office and Thaa Atoll Madharusaa.
   

 

 

6 June 2004, Sunday

  6:45 am
  • Special assembly to mark World Environment Day, and giving information on environmental issues to students at Raa Atoll Ungoofaaru School, organized by SAVE.
  16:00 pm
  • Quiz competition organized by Fiyoaree School at Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll Fiyoaree.
 

16:30 pm

  • Planting shady trees on the harbour area of Raa Ungoofaaru, by members of Jamiyyath Al Saif.
  • Planting fruit bearing trees by students of Saif Pre School, organized by Jamiyyath Al Saif.
   

 

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OTHER ACTIVITIES

 

 
  • A poster competition organized by SEED at Shaviyani Atoll Lhaimagu.
  • A poster competition organized for students of Bodufulhadhoo School by CEAP at Alif Alif Bodufulhadhoo.
  • A poster competition organized by Environment Club of Laamu Atoll Education Centre.
  • Publishing a leaflet on seas and oceans by STARS.
  • A poster competition organized by Dharumavantha School to students of the school.
  • A poster competition organized jointly by GEM, Guraidhoo Office and Thaa Atoll Madharusaa.