ok .... from the title of my post im sure you all would agree that we should and/or would keep kuwait clean. The reason i brought all of this up is becoz the amount of careless people i spot in kuwait, we are such a spoiled country that we even expect indian workers (tanzifco) to clean up after us!!!
What happened to our morals and customs, isnt cleanliness part of our faith? To put it forward everywhere you go you see TRASH, Streets, people throwing out of their cars, amusement parks, roads, even the supposedly clean beaches are so dirty.
what caught my attention more is the hundreds of people who go to the sunny beaches especially on gulf road and take their food and dump everything there! sometimes i blame my own compatriats; yes us kuwaitis if foreigners see us pollutiong and dirtying our own country and environment do you expect them to do the opposite?
i tried to organise an event once off of facebook , a group that i created and called Keep Kuwait Clean , only about 15 people showed up but even with that number we managed to clean about half of the beach that is between Fridays and KFC , you dont wana know what we found there, the pictures speak for themselves. Some of the things we found were, plastic bags, underwears, socks, shoes, slippers, dead fish, kfc food and bags, broken glass, cans, oh did i mention condoms and tampons and diapers full of shit? and many other sick stuff as well ... here are a few pics in my facebook group http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=67544436122&nctrct=1239336605531#/group.php?gid=15903289228
somehow even a piece of carpet made its way onto the shore? amazing huh? it even gets better, we managed to fill 30-40 trash bags just by cleaning halfway? No wonder its a tiresome job! seriously if every person or family takes trash bags with them and clean after themselves it wudnt be this bad. After all the beach is a natural wonder that we are supposed to look after, i mean look at the beaches in europe n.america and australia! hell even thailand have clean beaches!
Why when we are blessed with such a beautiful country and thank god we dont have a shortage of funds or people who are willing to volunteer! So all that remains is what....? the awareness of the people in and around kuwait.... so the future generations will benefit from what we did or are supposed to do today! Even European and American people who reside in kuwait have negative remarks to make about our beaches!
What happened to our morals and customs, isnt cleanliness part of our faith? To put it forward everywhere you go you see TRASH, Streets, people throwing out of their cars, amusement parks, roads, even the supposedly clean beaches are so dirty.
what caught my attention more is the hundreds of people who go to the sunny beaches especially on gulf road and take their food and dump everything there! sometimes i blame my own compatriats; yes us kuwaitis if foreigners see us pollutiong and dirtying our own country and environment do you expect them to do the opposite?
i tried to organise an event once off of facebook , a group that i created and called Keep Kuwait Clean , only about 15 people showed up but even with that number we managed to clean about half of the beach that is between Fridays and KFC , you dont wana know what we found there, the pictures speak for themselves. Some of the things we found were, plastic bags, underwears, socks, shoes, slippers, dead fish, kfc food and bags, broken glass, cans, oh did i mention condoms and tampons and diapers full of shit? and many other sick stuff as well ... here are a few pics in my facebook group http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=67544436122&nctrct=1239336605531#/group.php?gid=15903289228
somehow even a piece of carpet made its way onto the shore? amazing huh? it even gets better, we managed to fill 30-40 trash bags just by cleaning halfway? No wonder its a tiresome job! seriously if every person or family takes trash bags with them and clean after themselves it wudnt be this bad. After all the beach is a natural wonder that we are supposed to look after, i mean look at the beaches in europe n.america and australia! hell even thailand have clean beaches!
Why when we are blessed with such a beautiful country and thank god we dont have a shortage of funds or people who are willing to volunteer! So all that remains is what....? the awareness of the people in and around kuwait.... so the future generations will benefit from what we did or are supposed to do today! Even European and American people who reside in kuwait have negative remarks to make about our beaches!
Maybe sometimes we need to take the positive doings of our Western friends, like when we go to fast food shops or starbucks and finish our meals we should throw the wrappers and stack the trays and be responsible! i do it all the time and so can you! even the employees look surprised when i grab my own coffee mug and give it back to them? is it that rare or wondrous for someone in kuwait to do that?
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Here, here and ameen to that! I think it all boils down to awareness/education and some effort from the 'government'.
Someone needs to start a publicity campaign that would raise awareness of the fact that Islam specifically forbids harming the earth and that we are basically living in filth here.
There are two main reasons why the situation is the way it is in relation to the way Kuwaitis completely disregard environmental issues. First, there is a lack of awareness about the effects and impact that throwing trash on the street and/or beach has on the environment. People are simply not taught to take care of their surroundings, and they have the “it’s not my problem or responsibility” and “I’m too good to properly dispose of my trash” mentality. Second, there are no repercussions for their behavior. If the government were to impose strict monetary penalties for individuals who are caught polluting, and impose similar fines on businesses that have dirty parking lots for example, people might reconsider throwing their trash in places other than a receptacle. It must said however, that these measures are useless if the government and officers of the law do not follow through with holding people accountable for their actions.
I totally agree with you and I salute you taking initiative and trying to bring change into our local community. It's by such actions our country will develop and eventually advance into top levels among other nations.
Yeah we need more awareness and campaigns! I wish we can do something about it... I really do!
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