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Global Unification Youth Summer School participants take action
on disaster risk
reduction
A group of participants to the Global
Unification Youth Summer School
on Thursday, 19th
August embarked
on the Association organised clean-up exercise along the Babun
Fatty
Road in Serrekunda. The gutters and
the streets were all cleaned up to the
market.The initiative was part of the month-
long summer school activities aimed
at engaging young people in the Gambia in community services
during the summer
holidays.
Speaking at the occasion, the Youth Summer School assistance
Coordinator and Head ofGender and Women Welfare unit of Global
Unification, Jalika Keita, said the exercise
was meant to reduce the vulnerability of the area to inundation,
specially in this peak
period when the country is experiencing torrential rains. She
observed that the draining
and removal of the debris will enhance the free flow of the
water thus reduce flooding.
The cleaning of these getters also reduces mosquito lava thus
discourage breeding of
mosquitoes, which otherwise cause malaria. In this regard, the
participation of young
people in this noble exercise cannot be over-emphasised, she
said.
Mrs. Keita used the opportunity to appeal to shop owners around
the market as well as
passers-by to desist from the habit of indiscriminate dumping of
litters in the gutters. This,she said will make the work of
Kanifing Municipality almost impossible as anytime the
gutters are cleaned, they will soon be inundated again. She
emphasised the need to
embark on vigorous campaign to sensitize the community against
this practice.
Also speaking at the occasion, Ebrima Dem, the National
Representative of Global
Unification, expressed his satisfaction with the work done and
enthusiasm shown by the
young people in contributing to the development of their
community. Here, we have
children as young as seven taking part in this noble exercise,
which shows the level of
commitment of these children to the service of their community.
Between 9 am to 1 pm,
the whole of the gutters from Babun Fatty junction to Serekunda
is cleaned. To me this isamazing, he said.
Mr. Dem, then expressed his sincere appreciation to National
Disaster Management
Agency, Kanifing region, for supporting the activity by
providing some cleansing gears
and a tractor to disburse the collected rubbish. He however
appealed to parastatals and
other government departments to support and provide the
organization with more gears
