Working together with three local waste management youth
groups, participating school children and other community members, we conducted
a community clean-up exercise around the entire Maringo Estate on Saturday the
6th of April. Even though some of the invited guests did not show
up, we are grateful for those who did! We are especially thankful to the
Nairobi City Council’s cleansing department for providing most of the tools we
used that day.
To our friends at House of Manji, we send special thanks for
donating 5 boxes of biscuits for the participants. We cannot forget individuals
like Patrick, a local political and business leader for his participation and
donation of 1 bag of cement towards the project; Someone like Joseph for
volunteering to drive the garbage truck and lastly, thumbs up to all the people
who left their everyday jobs to give us a helping hand… without them this
exercise could not have succeeded…. Even though the participants were very
grateful for the education they received on plastic pollution and its effects on
both humans and the environment, Fanya Mambo team members are equally grateful
to them for their input.
By that day, the school children had already started producing
Eco-blocks (used plastic bottles stuffed with used plastic bags) for the
construction of the heavy-duty 20 sitter table/bench ensembles that they will
be using while eating their lunches up from the dusty ground and while
undertaking private studies... The construction work commenced
on the same day and is now ongoing... with the schools set to officially close
on Friday the 12th; increased production of the Eco-blocks is
evident now more than ever as everyone is trying hard to meet the set target
before closing day. This way the construction team will have completed the construction
work by the time schools reopen.
In the meantime as we proceed with the program, remain tuned
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