Standard
8 students with their teacher picking up trash in Tuala
This Friday,
Standard 8 students from Rudolf Steiner School, took time from school work to
pick up plastic and other refuse from Tuala town.
They put it
into bags to be recycled and properly disposed of by the staff of Kitengela
Glass.
SOME
BACKGROUND
RUDOLF
STIENER SCHOOL
From their
website:
The Rudolf
Steiner School is a non-profit making organization; the school is
situated 20 km south of Nairobi. There are approximately 320 children in the
whole school, a Primary department and four Kindergarten groups.
The school has
facilities such as a wood work classroom, a computer classroom and a small farm
with milking cows and a vegetable garden.
KITENGELA
GLASS
From their
website:
Kitengela
Glass is located opposite the Nairobi National Park.
The staff led
by owner, Nani Croze recycles glass and scraps of other materials into
beautiful artworks, jewelry and home wares.
WHY
THEY DID THE TRASH PICKUP:
-The students will
get funding from Kitengela Glass to go on a field trip.
-The trash will be recycled and disposed with
minimum damage to the environment.
-The students
get to learn a valuable lesson about how they can make a positive impact in
their community by getting involved.
LESSONS FOR THE COMMUNITY:
-It takes a
united effort by all members of the community to better our lives and bring
progress to our Town.
- We can set
an example for our children to follow by taking part in community projects.
- If united,
we can put pressure on local Government to deliver the services we pay taxes
for.
CONCLUSION:
-It is woefully
apparent that Local Government is a complete failure when it comes to service
delivery, yet they are vigorous and timely when it comes to tax collection in
the form of tolls, license registrations among others.
-Local
Government and civic leadership is littered with ineffectual, mediocre and
often illiterate personnel who more often than not got their jobs from nepotism
and cronyism, thus to expect them to perform is to expect the impossible.
-We, as
community activists need to be ever vigilant and even confrontational when it comes
to holding the government responsible for service delivery using our tax money.
- We also need
to engage our neighbors in mapping and implementing development projects to
better our lives.
- We have a
General Election in a few months, I urge our readers to critically assess the
leadership presently occupying elected positions. If in the last five years, you
or your community has not been affected positively by your local leadership, we
urge you to reject them soundly at the ballot box. An ignoble end befitting a
dismal tenure!
