The RFI Club: a campaign to clean up Lake Tanganyika
Lake Tanganyika clean-up campaign.
© Club RFI Lusenda
By: Eric Amiens
2 min
The RFI Club of the Burundian refugee camp of Lusenda (DRC) took advantage of World Environment Day on June 5, 2021 to carry out an action to raise public awareness of the environment.
Club members insisted on the danger that litter poses to humans and the strong negative impact of plastic bags on biodiversity.
They made an appointment for a waste collection operation around Lake Tanganyika to make the places more pleasant to live in.
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With the participation of the president of the RFI Club of the Burundian refugee camp, Emmanuel Ntirampeb, Irambonna Bella, member of the Club.
Music: "
Wahh
", Diamond Platnumz feat.
Koffi Olomide.
Did you know ?
- Lake Tanganyika is located in East Africa, in the Great Lakes Region.
It is shared between several countries: Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Lake Tanganyika is one of the largest lakes in Africa, second by surface after Lake Victoria and third in the world by volume.
- According to the United Nations in the world, around 5,000 billion plastic bags are consumed each year (10 million per minute).
“(..)
Tied together, they could circle the planet seven times every hour.
(2018).
- There will be around 12 billion tonnes of plastic waste in landfills and the environment by 2050.
Director: Cécile Bonici.
Lake Tanganyika clean-up campaign.
© Club RFI Lusenda
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