A clean-up campaign was held at DC grounds, Kibera on Sunday to promote sanitation and proper garbage disposal methods.
The campaign’s theme message ‘Usafi Mtaani’ brought together various youth groups from different organizations.
Equipped with cleaning equipment, the youths embarked on sweeping the roads, unclogging the drainage and loading garbage in the disposal unit.
The campaign which will cover 11 more villages in the area is organised by Shining Hope for Communities (Shofco), Nairobi City Council (NCC) and Mizuka Youth Group.
Other organisations involved are Umande Trust and Carolina for Kibera.
Fredrick Ouma, Project Officer Shofco, said the campaign was a successful public and private partnership
“We had two things in mind, cleaning the environment, at the same time partnering with the youth and the community with an agenda of bringing peace,” said Ouma.
He further called for Kibera residents to properly dispose garbage to avert diseases.
“It is important that each and every person within a household to properly dispose their garbage then the City council will assist them. If they clean a small space then the whole world will be a better place to live in,” urged Ouma.
Anthony Ochieng, the chairman of Mizuka Youth Group, challenged Kibera youths to start garbage collection groups.
“The youths can form garbage collection groups in areas where they are none, they collect the garbage and dispose it in the dumpsite. We need a green Kibera and the time is now,” said Ochieng.