By Josephine Tor, SNDdeN
Students and staff cleaning up the gutters at One Day, Awkunanaw and Ogbete Main Market in Enugu State.
In response to the universal call to take care of our mother Earth and as part of our contribution to caring for the Earth (our common home), Notre Dame Academy Enugu held her Annual Environmental Day at the popular Ogbete Main Market and One Day Awkunanaw in Enugu State.
The staff and students of the Academy went round One Day, Awkunanaw, where the school is located and Holy Ghost Market, Enugu to create awareness about the reality of climate change and the need to stop polluting our environment with plastic and other wastes.
Putting words into action as the clean up intensified.
Students and staff get ready for the Environmental Day action.
In making our little efforts to protect the earth, the staff and students carried out a clean-up exercise in those areas. Some of the students also planted trees and flowers in the school premises.
They call on residents of Enugu and beyond to stop polluting the environment and keep it clean, as clean environment keeps us healthy; while poor environmental sanitation on the other hand, causes sickness and even accident. They therefore, urge everyone to grow more trees and flowers and stop polluting our environment with plastic and other wastes.
Sisters Chidinma Nwasuja and Modesta Nnadi for the clean up exercise.
Together, we can take care of our Common Home, the Earth!