From Yam Fields to Water Lens: Preserving Addu’s Natural Legacy
Student leaders shared a wetland-preservation vision connecting sustainability, community benefit, and Addu’s natural heritage.
Sustainability
Sustainability at Hira School is not a subject — it is how the campus runs, every day.
What we do
100% solar-powered campus
Zero single-use plastic
Rainwater harvesting & greywater reuse — Zayed Sustainability Prize 2022
Freshwater swamp conservation with the local community
The whole campus runs on solar power, single-use plastic is banned on school grounds, and rainwater harvesting with greywater reuse keeps the school's water footprint low — the systems that won Hira School the Zayed Sustainability Prize (Global High Schools) in 2022. Beyond the fence, students work with the local community to conserve Hithadhoo's freshwater swamp, one of the last wetlands of its kind in the Maldives.
The same students have carried that work abroad — representing the Maldives at COP27 in 2022 and fielding Team Maldives at the FIRST Global Challenge in Singapore in 2023.
Recent sustainability stories
Raising Awareness and Promoting Responsible Development of the Fascinating Addu City Wetlands
A public-facing story encouraging responsible development and preservation of Hithadhoo’s wetlands.
Support the work
Hira School is run by a non-profit foundation. Donations fund facilities and programmes like these.