Clean-up drive in coastal areas launched in aftermath of ‘Pedring’, ‘Quiel’

MANILA, Philippines – Due to the effects of the recent typhoons and climate change, nature-loving volunteers have decided to do a coastal clean-up drive once every week, according to a report on Radyo Inquirer 990AM.

Volunteers included The Villar Foundation, Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine Red Cross Las Pinas, and high school student and teachers from various schools, and non-government organizations such as the Wild Bird Club of the Philippines, the report said.

There will also be a Kayaking clinic every Friday afternoon and a “Bahangka-making” (from the word “Baha” which means flood and “Bangka” which means boat) which will be distributed to various villages in Las Pinas.

The volunteers are inviting all nature-loving people to come every Friday at 6 a.m. to the Las Pinas-Paranaque Critical Habitat and Eco-Tourism area to join in cleaning the coastal area.

They are also urging the public to be responsible in disposing their trash, especially plastics, to avoid what happened in Bulacan and Pampanga in late September and early October when back-to-back Typhoons “Pedring” and “Quiel” spawned rains that caused flooding, rendering thousands of residents homeless.