WWSCC, partners clean-up Last Hour Beach in Takoradi

The Women in Water, Sanitation and Climate Change (WWSCC), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has organised a clean-up exercise at the “Last Hour Beach” in Takoradi as part of this year’s World Oceans Day celebration.

The exercise, organised in partnership with Tullow Ghana Limited, Baker Hughes, Halliburton, and University of Ghana Oceans Governance Project, among other institutions, was to keep the sea and its surroundings clean, while conserving the ocean and marine resources.

Madam Sandra Serwaa Kyere, the Executive Director of WWSCC, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) during the exercise said it was part of the NGO’s broader initiatives of going round coastal lines across the country to rid such places of filth to protect the oceans.

“We have done this at other beaches and today we are here to clean-up the “Last Hour Beach” as part of our commitments to ensure that beaches are clean, protect our marine resources, and promote a healthy environment for all,” she said.

She observed that over the years, a lot of waste, especially plastic end up in water bodies, particularly the sea, and that there was the need to come together to protect the ocean from this environmental menace.

Madam Kyere said: “This activity is just an aspect of the protection so we advise the citizenry to avoid dumping refuse indiscriminately in their communities so they do not end up on our sea shores.”

Professor Francis K.E. Nunoo, Board Chairman for WWSCC, said the exercise was part of efforts to raise awareness about the need to keep the environment and the ocean clean for sustainable development for all.

“We want to tell the people that the things we do in our communities can have effect on our water bodies, so we should properly manage our waste so that we do not destroy the sea and resources in it,” he stated.

Mr Joseph Yeboah, Western Regional Director of the Fisheries Commission, commended the NGO for the initiative and said it would go a long way to protect the sea, marine resources and the environment in general.

The WWSCC is an NGO focused on empowering women to become leaders in addressing issues of water, sanitation, and climate change to foster sustainable and resilient communities

Source: GNA