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Waste can become a treasure when managed properly

NCA Ethiopia facilitated World Clean-up Day together, with its partners, joining the other 180 countries that are part of the biggest global civic movment for a cleaner planet.

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On September 18th, Norwegian Church Aid Ethiopia together with the BEWI Group and its implementing partner Tamra for Social Development (TSD) became part of the World Clean Up Day - one of the biggest global civic movements for a cleaner planet.​​   NCA Ethiopia and its partner were the only non-profit organization that took part in the movement in Ethiopia this year.​

NCA through its partner TSD, organized the cleanup in Shashemene Town, Ethiopia, one of the four intervention geographic areas of the Renewable Energy, Greening, and Sustainability Programme.

In just a few hours, volunteers collected 8,900kg of waste out of which 1,176 Kg is ​PET bottles.

The clean-up brought together women, men, youth, community leaders, waste collection associations.  Some 2,544 ​participated in the clean-up, out of which 1,721 were women.

Tsegazeab Hailu, Climate Resilience Programme Advisor with NCA Ethiopia says: - Our goal is to influence local government structures, private businesses, and the community to reduce the increasing plastic waste while creating job opportunities at the same time.”

- Waste can become a treasure when managed properly, adds Tsegazeab.​

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Mayor of the Shashemene Town, Guta Lachore, officially opened the cleanup campaign. Photo: Million Tuna.

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