The Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscape (ACReSAL) project has partnered with a non-profit organization, Global Peace Development (GPD), to
The Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscape (ACReSAL) project has partnered with a non-profit organization, Global Peace Development (GPD), to teach people in Yobe State about proper waste disposal. The new initiative aims to prevent flooding and erosion, which are big problems in the state.
Mr. Ebruke Esike, the Executive Director of GPD, said during a recent training session that poor waste management is a major cause of environmental damage and can lead to diseases and a loss of livelihood.
He said, "By disposing of waste properly, we will reduce flooding, minimise gully erosion, and improve community resilience." He also added that waste can be turned into useful resources like fertilizer and biogas, which could create new jobs.
Fifty people were trained at the workshop, and they are expected to go back and share what they learned with their communities. A participant at the workshop, Mr. Jidda Mustapha, said he learned a lot about the dangers of dumping waste in drainage channels. He stated, "I will take this message back to my community to stop waste dumping in drains, which causes flooding and erosion."
This is a smart approach to addressing an environmental problem at its root. Instead of just cleaning up floods and erosion, the partnership is teaching people how to prevent the issues from happening in the first place by managing their waste correctly.
The project is also focused on empowering the community, as it relies on the people who were trained to spread the message and knowledge. If successful, this program could do more than just clean up the environment; it could create new economic opportunities for people and make communities more resilient to climate change.
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