As the problem of poor garbage disposal continues to create headache for the Monrovia City Corporation (MCC), the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has come in to help clean the Liberian capital.
Over the weekend, the Latter-Day Saints Church collaborated with the MCC to carry out a significant cleanup operation in Monrovia’s Sinkor suburb with the goal of preserving a clean and orderly environment, officials said.
Armed with brooms, rakes, and waste bags, more than three hundred volunteers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and MCC convened early in the morning to transform Sinkor into a tidy, verdant, and secure area.
In an interview with reporters, Success Harris, the Monrovia City Corporation’s Director General for Sanitation, said the cleaning exercise is encouraging cleanliness and improving the standard of living for locals is a key objective of the extensive cleaning project.
According to him, the cleaning project is a component of the MCC’s continuous community engagement program, which aims to collaborate with the local communities in order to address the widespread issues of litter and unhygienic conditions in the city.
He listed several key places that were included in the cleanup effort, such as public parks, residential streets like 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th, as well as avenues like Russell, Cheeseman, Gibson, and Sinkor’s business sections.
The MCC DG for Sanitation thanked the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for their enthusiastic participation in the cleanup project and called businesses in the city to join the City Corporation to keep Monrovia clean, green, and safe.
The Monrovia sanitation crew has been performing incredibly well on a daily basis since Mayor John-Charuk Siafa assumed office.
Also speaking, Augustine S. Geedeh, State President, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, said, “Every year the church embarks on a service project done once every year, mainly in August in Liberia and West Africa, to remove all the trash and rubbish that had accumulated throughout the years from the streets.
He specified that volunteers in Liberia worked tirelessly to remove waste and trash from overrun streets, restoring them to their original state and fostering a clean, fresh atmosphere.
He noted that the Sinkor’s cleanup project exemplifies the importance of community relationships in addressing environmental issues, showcasing the positive impact of government agencies and religious institutions working together for a common goal.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is extremely glad that the cleaning exercise was executed perfectly in collaboration with the Monrovia City Corporation to ensure the city is clean and green, he added.
Both the MCC and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are urging individuals and communities to take responsibility for their surroundings, urging them to keep the Sinkor cleanup campaign tidy, and hoping others will join them in making Monrovia a cleaner city.