Dear Friends,
OVERVIEW
“Why still likdat! Lots of public litter!”.
Although a short week due to the Deepavali public holiday, Waterways Watch had a very active week. Coupled with school programmes, corporates and zoom calls, we managed to deliver a total of 5 CSRs (Toteboard, MBS, Maybank & NUS), 3 VIA (Waterway Primary School) & 1 Assembly Talk (Yishun Primary School) for the week.
The state of public littering is not showing much improvement and our three WWS sites picked-up alot this week.
We are not doing enough in education and enforcement and our policies appear to be not effective in changing the habits of still many citizens in Singapore.
Are we failing in this mission? Perhaps we need more forceful sustainable action, starting with the Schools and Community Centres!
Hopefully, those in position of power will listen to our plea.
Summary of activities conducted over this week
In summary, the following activities were done for this week:
- We conducted 5 CSR and 4 VIA programmes which 116 participants and 320 participants respectively attended, and together they collected 256kg of litter.
- A total of 62 members were involved in CSR/VIA programmes and talks; another 53 members turned up for patrols, administration, housekeeping duties and training.
- The total trash collected by patrol groups from members was 83kg.
- Boat Patrol: A total of 4 Boat patrols were carried out – 1at Marina, 2 at Punggol and 1 at Jurong Lakeside Garden.
- Bike Patrol: A total of 2 Bike patrols were carried out; 1 at Marina and 1 at Punggol.
- Pedal Boat Patrol: 1 Pedal Boat patrol at Marina.
- Bi-Kayak Patrol: 1 bi-kayak patrol at Jurong Lakeside Garden.
ACTIVITIES AND REPORT
1. Educational Programmes
2. Volunteer Patrols & Activities
a. Marina
b. Punggol
c. Lakeside
d. Pang Sua Pond
| No patrol |
e. Yishun Pond Patrol
| No patrol |