The Emirates Environmental Group (EEG) is a voluntary, non-government organization (NGO) devoted to protecting the environment through means of education, action programs and community involvement. Our organization is open to men and women of all nationalities. EEG is actively encouraged and supported by concerned local and federal government agencies. It is the first environmental NGO in the world to be ISO 14001 certified and the only organisation of its kind in the UAE with accredited status to the United Nations Convention to Combating Desertification (UNCCD).
To promote community waste reduction and recycling both as means of protecting the environment from the long term burden of waste and also as a flagship for improving community's environmental awareness, EEG organises "Clean up campaigns", at least twice a year in the most polluted parts of the city. These campaigns started in 1992 and are organised in the first and last quarters of the year to mark national and international environmental occasions.



The objectives of the Clean up campaigns are:

To reduce the amount of waste at the designated site
To create awareness of local environmental issues
To inculcate good environmental behavior and civic responsibility in the younger generation
Clean-up activities are one way in which people can positively demonstrate their care and concern for our environment. These campaigns bring in the government, business community and individuals to demonstrate that being environmentally active can be simple and enjoyable and should be participated by everybody.

Clean Up Campaign is an activity, which transcends all border and ideologies and brings people of all cultures together. It has been and should be an activity of our everyday lives.

World AIDS Day is a yearly, global event started in January 1988 to promote awareness and action in the fight against HIV/AIDS. According to UNAIDS estimates, there were 37.2 million adults and 2.2 million children worldwide living with HIV at the end of 2004. During the year 4.9 million people became newly infected with the virus. Around half of all people who become infected with HIV do so before they are 25 and are killed by AIDS before they are 35. Around 95% of people with HIV/AIDS live in developing nations. But HIV today is a threat to men, women and children on all continents around the world. In Africa alone, more than 17 million people have died from AIDS and another 25 million are infected with the HIV virus, approximately 1.9 million of whom are children. Every day in Africa, HIV/AIDS kills 6,300 people. 8,500 people are infected with the HIV virus and 1,400 newborn babies are infected during childbirth...

What can I do to support World AIDS Day?

Raise awareness of HIV and AIDS in your area
Wear a red ribbon and ask others to do the same
Protect yourself and your partners - this is the first and best way to stop the spread of HIV
If you are worried - get tested.
At school or work, you can support World AIDS Day by:

Having a dressing up, down or fancy dress day
Putting up some posters (see below) - get people talking
Selling red ribbons
Organising a creative writing/poster campaign
Setting up a debate or a quiz - there're lots of ideas for topics on our site
Cooking an international meal or having a cake sale
Arranging a sponsored three-legged race or balloon release
Getting your friends, family, colleagues or pupils to express their feelings and expand their knowledge about AIDS
Using your imagination!