DAR ES SALAAM, Jan 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – A group of Tanzanian young women, yesterday, collected one tonne of plastic wastes, along the Indian Ocean beach in Tanzania’s port city of Dar es Salaam, a move to save the ocean from pollution.
Hellen Silas, chairperson of the Women in Recycling Foundation, led her fellows in collecting the plastic wastes at Kawe beach, along the Indian Ocean coast line.
“We are here today (yesterday), to do beach clean-up activities that we have organised, together with other environmental organisations and volunteers across the country,” Silas told Xinhua in an interview, at the end of the clean-up exercise.
Silas said, the collection of plastic wastes along the beaches will be carried out at least once every three months. “The issue of dumping plastic wastes in the ocean will end, if we continue raising awareness and changing people’s mindset.”
Madina Kimaro, UNICEF’s youth advocate in climate action, said, the aim of the event is to raise awareness among people, on the importance of protecting the water ecosystems. “Because the more we pollute the water ecosystems, the more lives of the marine animals are in danger.”– NNN-XINHUA
