Baggages with Garbage Beneath!!!!
Would be wondering why i titled this trip as a remarkable trip.As a matter of fact its phenomenonal too. Before i proceed further let me give you a brief statistics about the trip that we made to MekeDaatu on 16th of July 2006.
Number of Volunteers turned up for the cleaning activity - 16
Number of new people for this trip - 10
Number of Posters - 8
Number of Garbage bags used- 12
Number of huge Rag Picker bags used - 3
Number of vehicles we used for the trip- 2
Amount spent on the whole trip - Rs 3520/-
Individual contribution towards this initiative - Rs 220/-
Number of people addressed about the initiative at MekeDatu: 35-45
Amount of Plastic collected - 75-80 kg
Well these are some of the numbers that i remember off the cuff. I always look at the quantitative aspect because it always sets the tone for a qualitative work. So why did i mention all the above statistics - for "Statistics are like miniskirts - they reveal more than what they hide" and the numbers above display our accomplishment and i guess i need not say anything more on this!!!! Absolutely this trip is a remarkable one for many reasons primarily the amount of plastic collected is huge, we sensitized the people visiting the place by displaying the huge amount of garbage collected and ultimately we started making an impact in big way!!! We are heading in the right direction for which the group has formed.
This blog is dedicated to all those people who made it on this trip. Let us put the thoughts of few people who participated in this trip for the first time in their very own words :
Abhinav Says : I am very glad that we did such a wonderful work which will make us proud all the time. The environmental clean and green mission is a very good initiative started by you guys. Although today my back hurts and have some pain but the work which we did was great and it melts down every bit of it when I remember the amount of garbage we collected and the good that we did to our own planet.we had a very good time, Cheers to everybody.
What Karthik Seshagiri Feels : Everyone were committed in the activity - kudos to the people for identifying such a committed team.It was a good chance to meet with people from different walks of life.Well organized in terms of travel to the spot organizing people on the activity to be performed.
Kamal's thougths : It is a great initiative, we need to save the environment and make it a better place for our decendents. It was memorable day for me, I enjoyed every bit of it. Got a chance to meet many people, every one of them where very jovial. This made our cleaning activity more fun. The activity was well planned.
Somashekar opinions: I feel that I had not wasted a Sunday in my life, as the usual way which I do it by just sleeping the whole day. I more interested towards working for a such a cause. It makes me proud.
Ravi's View : It was a very good experience and no doubt I would be interested in going back again. Since the activity was two folds, one to clean up the existing garbage and secondly to educate the people not to litter, it has meaningful impact, I am sure people atleast some people would take care while littering if not all. Also the activity was not hectic or boring, probably because of the kind of people who came were also enthusiastic about the whole thing. The amout of garbage collected obviously shows the enthusiasm.
And Let me end it since i started it .......
This activity is an absolute display of TEAMWORK : It is amazing how much you can accomplish when it doesn't matter who gets the credit, in the end its the team and only the team that did the work gets the credit!!!! So let us cheer up for each and every individual who made for the trip. This trip will surely be remembered as one important milestone and we have many more yet to accomplish!!! Keep up the spirit guyz..lets save these beautiful places of Nature for If you Save the Nature ...Nature will Save you!!!!
PS :Most of them did give their suggestions for improvement which will be discussed in the next meeting, i didn't want to put them here for the blog will run into too many words!!!!
Letz have more and More Trips to Clean and Make these places Green!!!!
Vijay K Yenne
