Volunteers Needed for Coastal Clean-up
Tacloban City Coastal Clean-up Drive on September 27th 2008
The Region Eight Administrators League will spearhead a Coastal Clean-up Drive on September 27, 2008 starting at 6:00 o'clock in the morning, at the Port Area up to the Anibong District.
Port Manager Winfred G. Elizalde who is the Chairman of REAL Special Projects Committee, informed that the conduct of the Clean-Up Drive is part of the activities lined up under REAL's Special Projects for 2008.
The activity, Manager Elizalde said that the activity is REAL's contribution to the International Coastal Clean-Up Day on the third Saturday of September and in celebration of the Maritime Week on September 22 to 27.
The Coastal Clean-Up Drive is a part of the annual calendar of activities of REAL, President Flordeliz Menzon, PAG-IBIG Manager in Region 8, said.
Manager Menzon said that the Coastal Clean Up Drive will be participated by the DOTC family, the REAL Member agencies, the Local Government Unit of Tacloban City and the volunteers who have made the annual coastal clean up a part of their yearly activities.
The assembly area will be a the Tacloban Port Area at 6:00 o'clock in the morning of September 27, Manager Menzon disclosed. The coverage of the coastal clean up will be along the Port Area up to Anibong District coastline.
Since this is an annual volunteer activity, the participating agencies will provide their own snacks for their respective participants and shall also bring their own cleaning materials, tools and garbage bag to put the trashes they will gather, Manager Menzon added.
Manager Menzon said that the activity is a way of making all the volunteers both young and old, to be conscious in taking care of the coastal resources, to clean and protect the seas since this is their future.
The sea is a source of staple food for the people. The last thing a responsible citizen should do is to make it its big garbage ground, Manager Menzon underscored.
