The Accra Ubuntu Leo Club in collaboration with Accra Ubuntu Lions Club of District 418, has embarked on a beach cleanup exercise at the shores of Accra main beach recently.
Spearheading this laudable initiative along the coastal community, Accra Ubuntu Leo Club and Accra Ubuntu Lions Club spent several hours tidying the beach, with an aim of making the beach a fascinating place for revellers.
The cleanup exercise had incredible support from some members of the parent club “Accra Ubuntu Lions Club International”, who participated in this activity to compliment the frantic efforts of the Accra Ubuntu Leo Club.
Leo Club Advisor for the Accra Ubuntu Leo Club, Lion Naomi Naa Adjeley Anang commended the bold step taken by the Leos which according to her, was a step in the right direction and serves as an indicator of ambitious future Lions.
Lion Naomi commended the Accra Ubuntu Leo Club for their staunch cooperation over the service year by urging them to continually serve with great pleasure in order to keep putting Lions Club International on the global map.
On her part, this beach cleaning exercise was an agenda driven to make Accra beaches one of the cleanest beach in Ghana and cautioned individuals to refrain from such uncouth behaviours of dirtying the beach.
To this score, Lion Naomi entreated Ghanaians to desist dumping of waste materials into the sea because it grossly harm aquatic species.
She reiterated her commitment to safeguarding the sanity of the beach by involving Lions Club International members to engage in beach cleaning.
Accentuating on the harmful practices at most beaches, Committee Chair for the activity, Leo Prince Kelvin, condemned the act of keeping the beach unclean as a disturbing activity which puts Ghana’s tourism at mar.
Expressing displeasure at the current state of most Ghanaian beaches, Leo Prince said it was a self-infringed phenomenon by inhabitants along the shores, and called for immediate pragmatic measures to halt such acts.
Leo Prince attributed to the deplorable state of the beach to dumping of refuse along the shores and into the sea, and also mentioned open defecation as worrying situation which breeds unhealthy conditions to people who visit the beach.
According to Leo Prince Kelvin, it is prudent for Ghanaians to collectively help in achieving the United Nations agenda to ensure clean water and sanitation by cleaning the beaches, as encapsulated in the Sustainable Development Goals six and 14.
The committee members for the Beach Cleanup include,
Leo Dareth Gabriel N.K. Anim Darteh – Club President
Leo Crystabel Adzimah – Club Secretary
Leo Martha Greene Adomako – Service chairperson
Leo Prince Kelvin Nyakutse – Committe Chairperson
Leo Edward Kuagbenu – Committee member
PL Keziah Twumasi Darteh – Committee member
PL Bianca-Gloria Abla Adjra – Committee member.