Actions to make propaganda more persuasive

Receiving many complaints from the people and through actual surveys, young people in the Green Ve Club and the Youth Union of the wards of Ca Mau City found that the embankment and riverbank at the Agricultural Market of Ward 7 and the embankment area in Ward 8 are very polluted. A lot of garbage is washed up on both sides of the embankment, when the water recedes, the garbage accumulates and gives off a foul smell. Especially at the Agricultural Market of Ward 7, many boats are anchored, leading to garbage congestion. On the rivers, garbage from above floats down. In addition, the awareness of a part of the people is not high, they throw garbage wherever they can, including throwing garbage into the river. If this situation continues, it will seriously affect the environment and health of traders, people going to the market and residents living in this area.

Understanding the harmful effects of the above situation, young people have begun to carry out highly practical campaigns in environmental protection, organizing waste collection on these embankments.

A lot of plastic waste is collected by young people in the Green Cicada Club and youth union members of the wards.

Thai Thanh Tuyen, a member of the Tac Van commune union, said: “I find the activity of cleaning up trash on rivers and canals extremely meaningful, and will contribute to protecting the environment to be greener and cleaner. The vendors here litter quite pollutingly. My friends and I went along the embankment to collect trash. I hope more young people will participate in this activity to encourage everyone to join hands in protecting the environment.”

“This activity is very meaningful because it helps people to be aware of protecting the environment and helps the ecosystem to be greener and cleaner. I think we need to increase activities like this to make the rivers cleaner. You guys may think that a few small pieces of trash are nothing to worry about, but littering the river, especially plastic waste, will take a long time to decompose, polluting the water source and the underwater ecosystem. Don’t just throw it away, especially plastic bottles. I hope that when we see us picking up each piece of plastic wrap, each bottle or plastic cup, it will awaken people’s love for the living environment,” said Tra Minh Khoi, a volunteer in the Green Ve Club.

Currently, the Green Cicada Club is actively coordinating with the wards of Ca Mau City to implement a campaign to collect trash and clean embankments, canals, rivers, etc. to improve urban aesthetics. In addition, young people also want to take the lead in action, creating practical evidence to make the visual propaganda more vivid and convincing.

It took young people more than 3 hours to collect and dispose of the trash according to regulations.

Nguyen Truong Giang, Head of the Green Cicada Club, shared: “After organizing many environmental protection activities, we realized that one person cleans but ten people litter, so we decided to focus on propaganda to raise people's awareness.”

Witnessing the young people's efforts to clean up the trash and the sweat they shed, many vendors and residents in the embankment area felt moved. Ms. Tran Thi Tuyet Le, who works as a ferryman here, shared: "The trash is always floating, there are garbage trucks every day but it's still not all gone. The young people are enthusiastic about picking up trash, it's clean and good for the environment. I feel I have a responsibility to remind boat passengers not to throw trash into the river, and to help support these young people."

Ms. Tran Thuy Hang, a vendor at Ward 7 market, said: “I think people should put their trash in the right place to keep the river clean. Seeing young people with such good awareness, adults should be even more aware.”

Besides picking up trash, young people also clean weeds to beautify the roads along the embankment.

Currently,raising awareness among the community about the harmful effects of plastic waste is an urgent issue. In particular, on rivers, embankments, canals... people's cooperation in protection is even more needed, because sanitation workers cannot be on duty 24/7. Only when each individual is aware of protecting their health and living environment can waste management and environmental management in the province be improved./.

Lam Khanh - Nhat Minh

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