Earth Guest day 2009 Report

Africa, the Middle-East and the Indian Ocean
Algeria biodiversity, local development
The employees of the Sofitel Algiers Hamma Garden, Mercure Airport and ibis Airport planted trees,
increased green areas and renovated electric equipment in a centre for mentally handicapped people.
Bahrain biodiversity, waste
The Al Dana Novotel and the Mercure Seef hotels’ employees visited the Al-Areen Wildlife Park and
cleaned up the park from branches.
Benin waste
The ibis and Novotel hotels of Benin took Earth Guest day
opportunity to officially launch their waste sorting system,
conjugating Environment and Art. Here is the principle: the
hotels sort their waste in the rooms and in the restaurants
and collect them in a dedicated place. Artists collect it and
use it in order to give them a second life (in conformity with
the hotel engagements as far as environment is concerned).
The hotels brought together local school children to raise
their awareness on the impact of waste on their environment
and to make them participate in workshops animated by the
artists.
Burkina Faso local development, waste
The Mercure Silmandé, in partnership with the association Song Manégré (created by some of the
hotel employees) and CWL participated in a well-construction project for the inhabitants of Galla, a
village 80 km away from Ouagadougou (see CWL).
Cameroun water
The ibis Douala hotel raised its employees and guests’ awareness on the water issue.
Chad biodiversity
The employees of the Novotel N’Djamena La Tchadienne participated in the creation of a public park
with the N’Djamena’s town council.
Côte d’Ivoire biodiversity, waste, local development
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The four Accor hotels are currently ending the
program called “10, 000 trees for the Côte d’Ivoire”
launched for the first edition of Earth Guest day in
2007. It is a four-step program aiming at
participating in the reforestation of the country. The
trees are rubber trees and can be used to make
rubber. This project also supports local development
as the tree nursery will be managed by young
people who will get professional training. The 28 th
March, the hotel employees officially launched the
last step of the program for the village of Damé:
trees plant on a four-hectare field. The local