Clean-up drive after ‘Gonu’

ABU DHABI — Following last week’s destruction caused by Cyclone Gonu, the Emirates Foundation, in association with the Ministry of Education, yesterday launched a clean-up campaign along the eastern coast.

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Silvia Radan

Published: Wed 13 Jun 2007, 9:05 AM

Last updated: Sun 5 Apr 2015, 3:38 AM

Hundreds of ‘Takatof’ volunteers from all over the country are taking part in the campaign, together with MoE staff, teachers, students and national environmental groups.

The objective of the campaign is to clean up the corniches and beaches in Kalba, Khor Fakkan and Fujairah, by removing uprooted trees and dead wood, trash, animal carcasses and other detritus left behind by the cyclone.

Silvia Radan

Published: Wed 13 Jun 2007, 9:05 AM

Last updated: Sun 5 Apr 2015, 3:38 AM

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