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Clean Up the World: Mon Sesel sa !…Annou netway li |20 September 2014



The Clean Up the World campaign with the theme ‘Mon Sesel sa!...Annou netway li’ was officially launched yesterday by the Minister for Land Use and Habitat Christian Lionnet at the Lavwar monument at Bel Air.

Minister Lionnet was replacing the Minister of Environment and Energy Professor Rolph Payet. During the weekend, various cleaning activities are being organised around the islands.

“More than 35 million people from 120 countries take in the Clean Up the World Campaign. The main objectives of this campaign is to inspire and empower communities around the globe, such as schools, businesses, government and non-governmental organisations to come together to clean up, fix up and conserve their environment. Since 1995, Seychelles makes a special effort to address our own actions on the environment. We are proud to be living in one of the world’s paradise. In order to keep living in such a paradise, each one of us has a responsibility to make sure that our children and the future generations enjoy the same things that were given to us by God. We all need to make an effort and this year I invite all Seychellois to make a difference and be conscious of our actions. Let’s make this campaign ‘Mon Sesel Sa, Annou Netway li’ a success,” said the minister.

After the launch, Minister Lionnet, accompanied by environment principal secretary Wills Agricole and the chief executive (CEO) of the Landscape and Waste Management Agency Lena Desaubin, visited various places where cleaning activities were going on.

After the minister had himself joined the staff of the Ministry of Environment and Energy in some cleaning at the Lavwar at Bel Air, the team headed to the English River secondary school. Head teacher Marie-Claude Morel said the school is committed to make each child conscious about their environment:

“We also have an Eco-school club headed by Wendy Noel where we make sure that the kids understand why they should protect the environment,” she said.
The minister and the children planted some trees to embellish the school’s ground.

The next stop was at the jetty where the Indian Ocean Tuna (IOT) staff were busy cleaning the armored rocks. Berty Isis said that 30 staff members from the IOT were involved in this activity and every year IOT makes sure they contribute in this type of activity.

At Ile du Port and at the Old People’s Home at La Retraite, some inmates from the Montagne Posée prison were clearing the dumping sites and the homes. At the La Retraite playing field, two contractors – Christianne Hoareau and Eric Alcindor – joined hands with their employees to clean up the area.

“This place is full of empty alcohol bottles and other rubbish. It is high time for the inhabitants to take responsibility for their actions,” said Mrs Hoareau.  

Whereas Mr Alcindor added that “it is our responsibility to clean everyday and we have done enough education, we now have to act more responsibly.”

“Within the Landscape and Waste Management Agency, there is the Clean Up the World committee chaired by Emmanuel Elizabeth. Every year the committee comes up with a list of places that need special attention and then we work in collaboration with the private sector, government bodies and schools to help clear the waste. Some companies make direct contributions which permit to provide gloves, rakes and other cleaning materials for organisations which want to take part in the campaign. Last year we collected 60,000 tons of waste around Seychelles and we hope this year it will be less. The activities will continue around Seychelles during the weekend and we count on the support of the public to help keep Seychelles clean,” said Ms Desaubin.

PS Agricole added that “if we do not respect our environment, we are not respecting our country and our economy depends on a clean environment. We have to make a special effort to reduce our wastage dumped in the landfills and reevaluate our lifestyle.”

After the visits, Minister Lionnet was satisfied with the amount of effort put by all stakeholders and reiterated his appeal to the population to take our responsibility and keep Seychelles clean.

The following photos were taken during yesterday’s Clean Up the World campaign.

 

 

 

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