EEC Leads "My City is Clean and Beautiful" Program

The Environmental Education Center of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, in cooperation with the Beit Sahour Municipality and the city’s schools including the Evangelical Lutheran School, the Greek Catholic Patriarchate School, the Latin Patriarchate School, and the Orthodox Shepherds’ School launched a new campaign last week titled “My City is Clean and Beautiful.”

The volunteer activity was attended by the Mayor of Beit Sahour, Dr. Elias Iseed, along with teachers, students, and club leaders from the environmental clubs of participating schools. Participants were divided into groups to weed the roundabouts, clean the surrounding areas, and plant flowers to enhance the city’s appearance at the Souq Al-sha’ab Roundabout, Al-Mukhtar Roundabout, and Shepherds Field Roundabout near the I Love Beit Sahour sign.

Before the event, EEC Director Simon Awad shared that the “My City is Clean and Beautiful” campaign marks the beginning of an ongoing initiative. The EEC hopes to sustain and expand the program in response to local students’ initiative to leave a clean and lasting impact on the city. The EEC supervises these local environmental clubs and has trained a group of environmental leaders to take an active role in leading initiatives within their schools.

Mayor Iseed emphasized that true leadership begins at school and extends into the broader community, and announced Beit Sahour’s enthusiasm to collaborate in future efforts to keep the city clean and green and to raise environmental awareness.