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Hundreds to join two-day desert cleanup drive in UAE
The cleanup campaign will take place in several areas across the country
- By Shveta Pathak, Staff Reporter
- Published: 14:28 January 19, 2012
Dubai: Hundreds of volunteers and organisations in the UAE will participate in a two-day desert cleaning campaign initiated by UAE Foreign Minister Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
The cleanup campaign will take place in several areas across the country, including Al Warqa in Dubai, Al Faya, Al Thaid, the Al Badayer areas in Sharjah, Al Kharran Areas in Ras Al Kaimah, on Emirates Road in Umm Al Quwain, Dibba in Fujairah, Al Khatem, Zayed City in Abu Dhabi and in Al Ain.
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Schedule
Friday (2pm to 5:30pm)
Dubai: Al Warqa - In front of the open area at Al Warqa 4.
Contact person: Amina Al Maamari (0566851872)
Sharjah: Al Fayaa Area
Contact person: Reem Al Tayer (0506760999)
Al Faya Area
Sharjah: Al Thaid, Al Badayer, next to Jabal Arafat supermarket
Contact person: Reem Al Tayer (0506760999)
Ras Al Khaimah: Awafi Area, near Al Eid mosque, Al Kharran Area
Contact person: Abdul Wahab Al Wahhabi (0506275222)
Saturday (9:30am to 1pm)
Umm Al Quwain: On Emirates road near the Adnoc petrol station toward Ras Al Khaimah
Contact person Abdul Wahab Al Wahhabi (0506275222)
Dibba, Fujairah: Al Fugait- Next to The Heritage Cultural Village
Contact person: Asma Al Kaabi (0557075512)
Saturday (2pm to 5:30pm)
Abu Dhabi: Al Khatem, xext to the old municipality building
Contact person: Saud Al Hattali (0506999258)
Al Ain: Bedaa Bint Saud, near the parking lot of The Cultural Heritage Village
Contact person: Jassem Al Qasmi (0505939292)
Western Region: Zayed City, at the Camels Mazayn Festival
Contact person: Saeed Al Hammadi (0507212033)
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