RIYADH: Seven Saudi women of volunteering team “Attaa Hand” (Giving Hand) have been campaigning to raise environmental awareness at a number of commercial centers in Jeddah. The campaign aims to raise environmental awareness among community members and preserve the environment. The women also wanted to implement an innovative social responsibility plan to assist needy patients. They collected tons of bottle caps, which they sell to recycling companies. This reduces a negative impact on the environment and helps needy patients at the same time. The revenue from selling these lids will be used to provide a medical insurance for needy patients who can be accepted in the medical program of an insurance company. One ton (or 907 kgs) of caps is equivalent to the cost of a single health insurance policy. The women campaigned at shopping malls in Jeddah and will also hold several events at boys’ schools, the girls’ colleges of King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Effat University, and Dar Al-Hekma College. The volunteering team will highlight the environmental risks of neglecting recycling, and distribute brochures with scientific information about the effects of not recycling on the environment. They also display artworks made from water and soft drink lids and they hold competitions to collect the largest number of bottle caps.
Bottle caps secure health insurance for needy
