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that this joint initiative brings residential building,” Alice gladly reveals. She has commissioned
them closer to each other. The security guards to further her weekly bottle lids campaign
couple, celebrating their third with boxes placed in strategic places. When dining out, her
anniversary on the twelfth of attendants are usually in for a pleasant surprise as she would ask
April, practise environmental whether she can have the used bottle lids instead. “The positive
efforts such as riding the metro; feeling is amplified throughout the restaurant as waiters collude
as well as walking, walking and in bringing more bottletops to our table!”
WALKING! In fact, Alice allots
an hour of her day from work Three years hence her first step on the sandy Dubai, she
to go by foot. She shares, “(It) has finally found her threefold purpose – enriching her marriage,
is dedicated to a dual purpose: helping the environment and sharing her blessings to children of
a) cleaning the streets of Africa.
discarded plastic bottles in my
residential and work area which
lies between Trade Centre and
Dubai Mall and b) collecting
bottletops. On one arm is a bag
for the discarded bottles and
on the other is a bag for the
bottletops. Presto! A cleaner
looking streetscape and a new
wheelchair or prosthetic limb
on its merry way!”

“The cause has stirred
hearts and minds, with
collection boxes springing up
our circle of acquaintances
around the office and our

The French Red Cross has been involved in this charitable work - an amalgam of green initiatives, mother, baby & child April 2011
recycling work, building infrastructure in Africa and restoring mobility to the children of civil war and
conflict - for over 20 years. Why not set up a collection point at your workplace or children’s school?
You’ll be able to reduce your plastic landfill waste, help the environment and benefit the charity of
your choice too. If you would like to contribute to this wonderful French Red Cross initiative, or wish
to speak with Alice on what motivates her to be a Clean Green Dubai Resident and (fingers crossed!

mummy-to-be), contact her on

alice.tzannetis@hotmail.com or 055 636 7115.

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