7th Annual Clean and Love Kurdistan Campaign

In partnership with the Ministry of Municipality and Tourism, General Directorate of Environment of Erbil, Ministry of Endowment and Religious Affairs, Empire World and Meraki Ventures, the Business and Management Department, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics of Tishk International University organized the 7th Annual Clean and Love Kurdistan Campaign, held on April 30th, 2023. This activity aimed to promote a clean and sustainable environment by encouraging students to actively participate in cleaning up public areas. The event was attended by more than 120 students who cleaned up the Kasnazan Road area from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM.

The campaign received great support and was attended by:

The Governor of Erbil, Mr. Omed Khoshnaw

Dean of the Faculty, Prof. Dr. Osman Nuri Aras

Head of Research Center, Dr. Wasfi Kahwachi

Vice-Dean, Mr. Karwan Sherwani

Head of Business and Management Department, Mr. Fayeq Ali Ali,

Head of Finance and Banking, Dr. Waqar Ahmed

Head of the Faculty of Social Affairs, Dr. Hamdi Serin,

The Director of Erbil Environment, Mr. Zhyar Jalal Hussain

Director of Erbil Religion Endowment, Mr. Saaed Saeed Kaprany, with a group of respected Mullahs (scholars)

The CEO of Meraki Venture, Mr. Mohammed Salim, and his respected team

A Group of 30 environmentalists from Empire World

Lecturers, Research Assistants, and Students

The attendees worked tirelessly to clean up the area, and their efforts were recognized and appreciated by everyone. The result that this event had was highly impactful and astounding. This was an excellent initiative to promote a clean and healthy environment, and it is encouraging to see young people taking an active role in promoting environmental sustainability. Tishk International University’s Business & Management Department and its sponsors should be commended for their efforts in organizing such a successful event. We hope to organize more events like this in the future to promote environmental awareness and sustainability.

The campaign was covered by renowned TV channels, including Rudaw, Kurdistan TV, Kurdsat, and Bas News.

The activity started by picking litter in the picnic area located in the Monument of Kasnazan, Koya Road, Erbil.

The project conveyed the following messages:

1. DO NOT LITTER

It is not someone else’s responsibility to pick up our litter!

It is our responsibility!

Please, put your litter in the bin!

2. RECYCLE

You will help reduce pollution!

3. USELESS TISSUES

Useless tissues or use half – Do you really need one whole piece?

4. USE BOTH SIDES OF PAPER