As thousands of students from across Malta prepare to head back to school, a large number of Skola Sajf students will have stories to tell about the vital importance of water and the need to do everything we can to save this precious resource.

For the third consecutive year, HSBC Water Programme - Catch the Drop campaign worked with the government's summer school programme, Skola Sajf, and used all its activities to disseminate the message of water conservation.

The campaign message is estimated to have reached 6,812 students in Malta - as well as another 696 in Gozo - with nearly 100 staff members from the Bank volunteering in the programme.

For Skola Sajf 2015, HSBC organised shows inspired by the movie Frozen, conducted workshops on the popular water songs 'Water Life' and 'Catch the Drop', and held a series of performances, experiments, and quizzes on the theme of water. 

Meanwhile, in Gozo, where HSBC helped fund a new viewing point on the site of Għar Ilma aqueduct and organised visits for Skola Sajf participants, the message of water conservation was echoed by Bishop Mario Grech. In a letter to Gozitan children, Mgr Grech asked them to look after the environment and not to waste water.

Glenn Bugeja, HSBC Water Programme coordinator, said:  "The HSBC Malta Water Programme is aimed at achieving two vital objectives: raising awareness about water conservation among people from all strata of society, and mobilising students through water projects to encourage their development as pro-active citizens for water conservation and environmental sustainability."