Youth urged to pass information on waste management via social media


Some of the Youth during the training on Citizen Journalism in Kisumu. They have been urged to use Social media platforms in disseminating information that targets proper management of wastes within the informal settlements-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo

By Dickson Odhiambo

September 30, 2021

Youth urged to pass information on waste management via social media

 YOUTH in Kisumu City have been urged to use Social media platforms in disseminating information that targets proper management of wastes within the informal settlements.

A Lobby group has said the youth play a major role within the community in terms of various development activities hence need to engage on the issue of waste management within their localities.

Addressing youths from Four informal settlement of Kondele, Obunga, Manyatta and Nyalenda areas in Kisumu City during a three day training on Citizens Journalism on Waste management through a project known as Complex Urban Systems for Sustainable Health {CUSSH}, Coordinator for Community Empowerment and Media Initiative in Kisumu {CEMI-K} Bernard Okebe appealed to the youth to help in passing information on proper management of waste through social media platforms to reach fellow youth in such places.

Okebe has singled out face book, Twitter, whataspp, snap chart among others as various social media platforms which the youth can use in order to give such information to the public instantly while reaching a wider audience.

Okebe says the issue of managing waste is an all-inclusive affair hence no one should be left behind, adding that it should begin right away within the households.

“We are here to sincerely urge the youth to make good use of the various available social media platforms so as to help passing information on proper management of waste within the areas they stay as this will really help in making more youth to become interested in this issue,” Okebe says

He says already some youth within the four informal settlement in Kisumu City have begun to manage waste and earn a living through it where they turn wastes into useful products that help them survive.

Evans Gichana, the Director of Climate Change at the County Government of Kisumu says the youth can team up together and do something meaningful that can help change their lives.

He urges the youth to have dreams that can help change their lives, adding that youth empowerment is a very good initiative which should be surely put into real practice.

Charline Opiyo says her fellow youth should take advantage of the social media in disseminating information of waste management.

She urges them never to waste too much time in posting things which are not beneficial to the community.

“I want to urge fellow youth to make good use of social media platforms in order to communicate issues of waste management to the public. We are ready to teach the world through social media about waste management,” she says.

Calvin Lucas says youth should fully take part on the issues of managing wastes which help to have cleaning environment.

Waste management is a very important element of environmental protection and its purpose is to provide hygienic, efficient and economic solid waste storage, collection, transportation and treatment or disposal of waste without polluting the atmosphere, soil or water system.

 

 

 

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