‘Your Health First’ campaign receives award

DOHA: An international environmental organization has presented Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar’s Sahtak Awalan – Your Health First campaign with a prestigious award for sustainability.

The Energy Globe Foundation, which is based in Austria, announced that Sahtak Awalan is the 2018 winner of the Energy Globe Award for the State of Qatar. The prize honours projects across the globe that raise awareness about the sustainable use of resources and which make a real difference to the future of our planet.

Nesreen Al-Rifai, chief communications officer at WCM-Q, said it was a great honor to have been selected and testament to the valuable work that Sahtak Awalan is doing in the community.

Al Rifai said: “Sahtak Awalan is helping to change the health and sustainability landscape in Qatar through a multitude of projects that are improving people’s lives but also mitigating the environmental impact that we have on the world around us.

“We have a duty to our children to create sustainable lifestyles that will protect both their health and the environment and Sahtak Awalan is helping to do this.”

Al Rifai also thanked the campaign’s strategic partners for their incredible support. She said: “Our governmental and corporate partners provide invaluable backing and I would like to thank everyone at Qatar Foundation, the Ministry of Public Health, the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, the Ministry of Environment and Municipality, Occidental Petroleum, ExxonMobil, and the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy for their belief in the campaign.”