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After nearly six hours of hard work, eight persons filled 112 garbage bags with waste collected in Waterworks Street in Kimberley.
These persons are members of the international Asez Wao organisation, and cleaned a 450 m section of the street through its Green Earth activity on 30 July.
According to the website asezwao.org, Asez stands for “Save the Earth from A to Z,” which means “Save the world from the beginning to the end”, while Wao stands for “We Are One Family.” Together it means “Let us save the Earth from the beginning to the end as one family.”
The organisation is made up of youth working members of the World Mission Society Church of God, which is located in about 7 500 regions of 175 countries.
“Young people who love the Earth have gathered to create a healthy land ecosystem by cleaning the streets where families and neighbours come and go every day,” an official of Asez Wao said.
Waterworks Street is an area where many people come and go as residential and commercial areas are concentrated.
“Since cleaning is not done often, various kinds of garbage accumulate everywhere,” the official commented.
The local office of the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) provided cleaning tools, including garbage bags, shovels and rakes.?
Johannes Swartz (41) from Kimberley, who was sweating and picking up trash, said with a smile: “I am filled with joy today as I used my Sunday off from work to help clean the environment. I wish to do more for the environment with Asez Wao.”
“It is really hard work to clean, but seeing the result of cleaning is a thrilling feeling. I feel so happy to do something good in the environment that we live in,” said Ongezwa Njongwe (21) from the Eastern Cape who are studying at the Sol Plaatje University (SPU).
