An initiative by

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UTM
Mauritius
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Introduction to project
Project Motivation

Mauritius being well-known for its green scenery and beautiful landscapes is now having
environmental problems. One of the main environmental problems Mauritius is facing is
pollution (air pollution, land pollution and sea pollution).

Environmental conservation project is to maintain the natural resources for the future
generation. It is of utmost importance to create awareness of the Mauritian public as well as
students who are the future leaders of tomorrow. Hence, through this project the aim is to
target 30% of the student population of primary, secondary as well as tertiary institutions
.Through this, the society will also be motivated in seeing youngsters trying to make an
impact on the protection of the environment.

Pollution is created mostly by human actions, but can also be a result of natural
disasters. Pollution has a detrimental effect on any living organism in an environment,
making it virtually impossible to sustain life.

Where do we dump our wastes? The World is becoming increasingly crippled by garbage,
and the issue is keeps on worsening. According to the latest report by the World Bank, urban
rubbish generation is set to increase twofold over the next 15 years.

Each year we throw away 58 billion disposable cups, billions of plastic bags, 200 liters of
Water bottle, billions of household waste, toxic waste, and even e-waste.

While most are incinerated, others are recycled and many more are left in piles. Thus waste
management & disposal is becoming a threat to the environment and a major contributor to
global warming and climate change.

Recycling is developing at baby footstep speed in Mauritius. While kitchen waste contribute
most of the total disposed waste, the total waste was numbered to around 415 000 tonnes in
2011 and expecting to reach 500 000 by 2040.

What is Marine Pollution?

Marine pollution occurs when hazardous materials enter the ocean. These materials can
come from:
Marine transportation
Marine dumping
Offshore facilities
Causes of Marine Pollution

At the Plaine lauzun Industrial estate ( this is situated at the entrance of the port Louis), one
comes across dye houses, detergent, soap as well as chemical manufacturers, food canning,
galvanizing as well as ethanol distilleries among many. These industries make use of 5000m3
of the available water and the effluents are discharged into the sea causing pollution. Such
discharges affect the marine ecology, like causing a high rate of death among fishes. The
death of fishes could be because of the hot discharge of the effluents. Mauritius is known for
its diving sites. The marine ecology has to be preserved. Pollution of the sea waters has to be
controlled in order to ensure that the survival of aquatic life remains intact.
Concept & Objectives
Environmental conservation is a project during which AIESEC UTM aims at sensitizing
Mauritian about the environmental situation the country is facing nowadays as well as taking
concrete steps to remedy the actual situation. Mauritius has a bold engagement towards a
greener future with the MID project.
The activities that will be run are:
Training from NGOs
GET Events
Cleaning Campaigns
Sensitizing Campaigns
Survey on Mauritian Habits
Public Presentation

The objectives of the project are:

Promoting awareness concerning the environment and the marine life.

Motivating youngsters and the public on living more sustainably
Making youngsters becoming an ambassador of green environment
Making the community act responsibly in regards to environment & cleanliness
Educating young people on the importance of recycling
Initiating the concept of waste separation, proper waste management in
household and preservation of our marine life.
Expose the Mauritian society to other cultures and environmental issues concerning
mainly recycling in other.
Provide sustainable and more eco-friendly options to the population in regards to
environment and waste
Promoting the preservation of the green flora and fauna as well as the marine
ecology.

Target Audience
The secondary school students
University students
Local community
End result
Tourist

Awareness and sensitization on

environment

1500 students sensitized

Project plan
Project Flow

1st Week -
Arrival of
exchange
participants

2nd Week -
Workshops
conducted by
NGOs

3rd & 4th Week -

Sensitising
students and
cleaning

5th Week -
Cleaning
Campaigns with
locals

6th Week -
Closing
Ceremony and
submission of
report
Description of Events
Week 1 Arrival of Interns and induction
The 20 international participants of the project will be introduced to the Mauritian context.
During the induction program they will get an overview of the country and will get more
acquainted with the NGOs and places they will be working for the coming 6 weeks. The
opening ceremony of the project will consist of a round table discussion among the
international participants about pollution in their respective countries and how is it tackled
and also they will have to prepare a small presentation. The discussion will also include to
which extent pollution control can be considered as a solution for environmental
management.

Week 2 Gain Knowledge about the Mauritian Context

During week 2, the international participants will have workshops and training mainly with
Some Ngos which are already into this field. The workshops will mainly concern about the
different environmental aspect in Mauritius (land environment and sea environment). The
international participant will also have to prepare some presentation based on what they have
learned from the workshops.

Week 3, 4 and 5 Launching of Awareness & Cleaning campaigns.

Week 3 and 4 is mainly reserved for awareness campaigns, that is, the international
participant will go all around Mauritius, especially in schools, colleges, universities and social
centers to deliver workshops on environmental problems in Mauritius. Based on what they
have learned in the workshops and with their presentation, they will create awareness to the
youngsters about the environment. Also there will be some pollution control campaign with
the participants and the schools students which consist of the control of emissions and
effluents into air, water or soil. Week 5 will be for the pollution prevention and waste
minimization which are more desirable than pollution control and practices will be conducted
such as recycling, reusing, reducing, preventing, compost, beach cleaning, etc.

Week 6 Award ceremony/ performance appraisal

A closing ceremony will be scheduled on the end of the last week. The best performers for
the activities will be rewarded and certificate of participation in the program will be given to
them. An evaluation report will also be issued about the impact of the project.
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Benefits to Partners

We will be offering the following benefits to

our sponsors:-

Organization/company logo on all promotional

materials used in the project, which will be
visible through media coverage.

Banner space on the days of the events

Invitation for all events organized for the

project

Promotion of organization/companys logo and

profile in the internal AIESEC system, viewed
by 50,000 members.
For more information, please :

Contact Name: Akash Ramlugun

Organising Committee President

Project Name: Environmental

Conservation In Mauritius

AIESEC University Of
Technology, Mauritius

Email: ecmaiesec@gmail.com

Phone Number: +230 57783414

Skype Id : Kushal.ramlugun