Dubai office 10km & 3K race

Scott Bird is raising money for CAF- Diageo GTME - Climate For Life

Participants: Kate, Syama, Pradeep, Scott, Venki, Ziad, Paula, Adri, Scott & Dany

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Dubai 10km · 27 January 2012

A pioneering collaboration between Diageo Global Travel & Middle East (GTME) and Lebanon’s Association for Forest Development and Conservation (AFDC) to restore some of Lebanon’s most degraded landscapes. Diageo GTME established an in-market company (IMC) in Beirut 15 years ago and Lebanon and its people are close to our hearts. Lebanon has been famous through history for its forests. Even its flag features a cedar tree. Sadly, modern day Lebanon has lost much of its forest cover due to a range of factors including urban expansion, overgrazing, abusive felling, agricultural expansion, and more recently, devastating forest fires and the effects of climate change. The impact of the loss of forested area on the Lebanese people has been catastrophic. Along with poor air quality leading to increased health problems, desertification of the land caused by erosion of soil and the subsequent loss of arable land and jobs, Lebanon a is now facing a water deficit. It is estimated that a judicious reforestation policy in Lebanon could reduce by 20% water lost directly into the sea; water availability in the country could increase by 50 to 100%. This project aims to increase the country’s forest tree production capacity by creating tree nurseries in Lebanon that will have an annual production capacity of one million trees.

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A group of us in the Dubai office are taking part in the Dubai 10km and 3km run on Friday 27th January to raise money for  'Please for Trees' to fund a tree nursery in Lebanon which will restore some of Lebanon’s most degraded landscapes.  We really need your support!

We are in the last week of training so keep checking the page for updates and photos on how the preparations are going!

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Kate, Scott, Adri, Syama, Venki, Pradeep & Paula.

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£1,565.00
+ £122.50 Gift Aid
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£1,565.00
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