Haiti launches nationwide trash cleanup in Cap-Haitien, residents demand more | PHOTOS
Now that Haiti Zero Trash Collective Work is underway, the challenge will be continuity, as it is often with projects in Haiti. The post Haiti launches nationwide trash cleanup in Cap-Haitien, residents demand more | PHOTOS appeared first on The Haitian Times.
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CAP-HAÏTIEN — After years of complaints about trash overrunning the country’s second largest city recently exacerbated by rains that shutdown activities, the Haitian government launched Konbit Ayiti Zewo Dechè, or “Zero Trash Collective.” The April 25 kickoff at The Litoral, a trash-ridden stretch of beach near the Cap-Haïtien International Airport, began with about 50 workers accompanied by government officials.
Minister of Environment Valéry Fils-Aimé said the clean-up initiative has four pillars: strengthening and preserving waste, community restoration, natural resources management and strengthening environment governance.
Cap-Haïtien Mayor Angie Bell, who said tackling the waste challenge motivated her to take office, is delighted.
“We were waiting for the government to join us,” Bell told The Haitian Times. “All of us have to team up together to get the results we want.”
The government did not provide a detailed plan for the project, nor did it specify how much funding will be poured into the initiative. They said only that a similar kickoff was to take place in Ouanaminthe. In the past, officials have said the private sector must support it by providing supplies and they urged residents to stop littering and dumping.
Below are some images from Konbit Ayiti Zewo Dechè’s kick-off, which could be the start of a clean Haiti if led properly.
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