Poised not only to entertain the youth
through the universal language of music, fun and games,
Gidi Culture Festival (GCF) also seeks to keep
Nigerian environment clean.
GCF recently highlighted the importance of
the environmental sanitation as its team and volunteers participated in the
first ever ‘Beach Sweep’ by clearing out litter and debris at Elegushi beach in
Lagos.
Information made available to Daily
Newswatch by media and press person of the organisation, Ronke Bamisedun, revealed
that the beach sweep was part of the ‘Rep your community’ drive by Gidi Culture
festival to encourage youth participation in community projects.
Furthermore, the statement added that the
Beach sweep encourages visitors to keep the beach and communities clean during
the Christmas and festive periods. “Gidi Culture is engaging its network to
help support the beach and its local residents. Volunteers cleaned out the
beach and surrounding areas of the popular beach, which attracts over 3,000
visitors on weekends alone. They removed bottles, debris from the waterways and
litter from the rock bay.
According to them, litter is a severe
problem across beaches in Lagos with a growing need to stop this problem by
educating visitors of the beach and the local community. Marine and shoreline
litter can come from anywhere, some blown in by wind or travel by river streams
and storm drains.
It is important to clean the beach and the
shoreline to protect the local community as well as the wildlife that call
those areas home.
“Elegushi beach is an integral part of our
local community and organising the sweep is one way of encouraging visitors and
local residents to take ownership of the beach and keep the beach superior and
clean during visits” said Okeke.
Okeke, continued “We hope to make this a
quarterly event, which we would like to roll out to other beaches across
Nigeria. We have found that this sort of event encourages a sense of community
and encourages local residents in giving back to their local community".
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