Over 100 students clean up Calangute beach on International Coastal Clean-up Day

The year has seen Suraksha Warriors indulge in multiple clean-up drives across various city beaches. However, the drive that took place on Calangute beach on Saturday morning was Something Deffrent — over 100 students had flocked to the beach with just one goal — to do their bit for their beloved city’s environment and the ocean. School kids got together along with NGO Suraksha Warriors and young volunteers to not just clean the beach, but also attended on-site talks on waste segregation, participated in the city’s first-ever clean-up competition, and walked away with prizes for collecting the most amount of trash. What was interesting is kids from all sections of the society — street kids, underprivileged children and kids studying in international schools — worked alongside each other in tandem as they learnt things related to coastal clean-up. Educative skits were staged at the event to ensure that students learn basic, yet essential things of keeping the surroundings clean in a fun, playful way. The Suraksha Warriors made the event interactive as they believe that the best way to ensure the future is safe is when kids are taught to take care of the ocean and the environment without being preachy. John fernandes, and The President Arvind Tendulkar From Suraksha Warriors, said, “Our whole purpose was to teach students about the importance of waste segregation and acknowledge the efforts required to clean the beaches while building a sense of social responsibility.”