He added that the Marine Environment Protection Clubs program embodies a participatory approach to environmental awareness, by involving students and supervisors in continuous activities, and providing tools and content that help schools implement environmental initiatives that suit their environment and the needs of their students.
For his part, the Director of the Aqaba Marine Reserve, Nasser Al-Zwaideh, said that the program focuses on empowering school clubs and providing them with the necessary knowledge and tools to implement ongoing environmental activities, noting that the reserve worked to train 36 supervisors, and provide a package of educational and interactive materials that supported the work of the clubs throughout the academic year.
He explained that the results of documentation and evaluation showed that 17 clubs implemented five or more activities, while six clubs implemented more than 15 activities, in addition to documenting 63 participations or links via social media, reflecting the wide scope of interaction with the program.
Al-Zwaideh pointed out that the program included lectures, educational games, competitions, challenges, art works, environmental exhibitions, and recycling activities, in addition to the school radio, visits to the reserve's visitor center, participation in environmental events and days, and benefiting from the 'Because It's Our Sea' platform to provide awareness and educational content.
He pointed out that the results of the supervisors' evaluation showed a high evaluation of the program's performance, where all 18 supervisors evaluated the reserve's role and the club coordinators at an excellent level, while 15 of them evaluated the level of interaction with the reserve at a high level, and the same number saw that the environmental and awareness impact of the program was strong and clear, while 17 supervisors reported that the clubs achieved a high or full level of performance.
Al-Zwaideh pointed out that the reserve prepared 30 proposed environmental radio messages about the marine environment, coral reefs, marine organisms, and ways to protect them, aiming to enhance the role of students in conveying environmental messages to their peers and turning them from information recipients into participants in its dissemination.
The ceremony included a presentation of the program's main stages and outputs, a film documenting some of the clubs' experiences and activities implemented by the schools, and honoring the participating schools and supervisors in appreciation of their efforts.
