You buy one bottle of water because you can't drink the tap water. You buy another one because you can't use the tap water for cooking. You buy one more because you are thirsty. You keep on buying more and more water bottles because you can't do without them. And in the end a heap of water bottles gets created in your room and smirks at you while you are thinking that why do you have to spend a criminal amount of money on water bottles in country which has the best ever natural resources for water.
You write a word on a paper, you don't like it so you tear it off and throw it away. You print something that you didn't want by mistake and now that paper has to go to the dustbin. You receive legnthy (boring) letters and you don't know what to do with them so you send to them the world of dustbin! You prefer paper but still have to do all the editing on computer, so eventually you throw away the 'hard copy'. You have stored tons of data in files and there's no space any more for even a single sheet of paper in your office. Hence to make more space you digitalize the office and yallah all the paper in dustbin!
So eventually at the end of the day, week, month you have created a monster of water bottles and paper and you don't know what to do with it! You get frustrated with all the messy room and the amount of money you have spent on all these once-lovely papers and life-saving water bottles.
You write a word on a paper, you don't like it so you tear it off and throw it away. You print something that you didn't want by mistake and now that paper has to go to the dustbin. You receive legnthy (boring) letters and you don't know what to do with them so you send to them the world of dustbin! You prefer paper but still have to do all the editing on computer, so eventually you throw away the 'hard copy'. You have stored tons of data in files and there's no space any more for even a single sheet of paper in your office. Hence to make more space you digitalize the office and yallah all the paper in dustbin!
So eventually at the end of the day, week, month you have created a monster of water bottles and paper and you don't know what to do with it! You get frustrated with all the messy room and the amount of money you have spent on all these once-lovely papers and life-saving water bottles.
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But now I have found a way to get over this frustration - recycling! It's fun and satisfactory! Yesterday I got to know about how they recycle all these 'waste' to raise funds to buy custom-made wheelchairs for kids with special needs. I had never imagined that bringing the sacs of used water bottle and paper in the office for recycling would result into something so beautiful! It was on the occasion of the 'Earth Day' when UNRWA-Lebanon Field Office put together a wonderful event to celebrate the contribution of its employees towards raising funds to bring smile on five lovely Palestinian kids with special needs.
This 'Recycling' initiative, launched in April 2012, aims at improving the quality of life of people with special needs while working in line with the 'Green the UN' project and also to fulfill the CSR. The project began at the Lebaon field office in order to engage the Palestinian community in eco-friendly acts. So far 70 tons of paper and 1 ton of plastic were recycled. This initiative conducted in partnership with Arc en Ciel raised funds to buy these custom made wheel-chairs, and brought a broad smile on five Palestinian families!
Before these chairs, Umar, Fatme, Hadi, Nazih and Mohammad who suffer from cerebral parsley, epilepsy and related problems, had a great difficulty in sitting without any support. This also resulted in problems of breating, eating and required a constant attention from their families. But now thanks to these magic-chairs these kids can now sit properly in their custom-made wheel chairs and enjoy their freedom of eating and movment. The thick cloth support given to their chest also makes their breathing easier!
When I entered the hall and saw these kids smiling and cheering it gave me some sense of satisfaction! I was happy that my small contribution helped the initiative to raise sufficient funds! It was just wondeful to see how a well-planned initiative can change people's life for good. It is these events and initiatves that inspire me to continue the journey and keep working for the betterment of people's life! This sense of satisfaction is the best thing and makes you forget about all the hardships of living away from family!
I am very impressed that even the city of Beirut has taken up these initiative of recycling and you can now these things almost allover the city!
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If a country a like Lebanon can do it, even we can do it!
My dear friends, lets get inspired and enjoy the power of recycling!
Before these chairs, Umar, Fatme, Hadi, Nazih and Mohammad who suffer from cerebral parsley, epilepsy and related problems, had a great difficulty in sitting without any support. This also resulted in problems of breating, eating and required a constant attention from their families. But now thanks to these magic-chairs these kids can now sit properly in their custom-made wheel chairs and enjoy their freedom of eating and movment. The thick cloth support given to their chest also makes their breathing easier!
When I entered the hall and saw these kids smiling and cheering it gave me some sense of satisfaction! I was happy that my small contribution helped the initiative to raise sufficient funds! It was just wondeful to see how a well-planned initiative can change people's life for good. It is these events and initiatves that inspire me to continue the journey and keep working for the betterment of people's life! This sense of satisfaction is the best thing and makes you forget about all the hardships of living away from family!
I am very impressed that even the city of Beirut has taken up these initiative of recycling and you can now these things almost allover the city!
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If a country a like Lebanon can do it, even we can do it!
My dear friends, lets get inspired and enjoy the power of recycling!
