City dad envisions...from page 12
During the launching of Clean Ground, Zero Waste program of the city government on Sunday, Mayor Amante pointed out the significance of having an environment that is conducive to obtain good health. Amante said if Butuanons will give their all-out support to the program, the city government can save in as far as budgeting for health and social concerns of its people. “Instead of putting up big budget for our medical facilities in our government hospital and investing too much for our constituents’ health, we should solve first the causes of health problems… and that is by ensuring a clean environment,” Amante said.
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With this, the chief executive of the city said, “by sustaining this program, we may be able to be included in the list of the cleanest cities in the Philippines”. True to its mission to seriously implement the program, awarding of “Clean Seals” as a behavior change strategy to households, puroks, barangays, classrooms, stall, and business establishments will be conducted regularly. The city government will also be deploying 38 Eco Marshals to different barangays, as well as to mobilize of existing community volunteers and employ strategies.
gional and local policy and financial back-up) by setting up community-based organic fertilizer production facilities.
Meanwhile,
the
program will serve as a venue for the convergence and multi-sector
mobilization
such
as barangays, regional line agencies, national government
agencies,
businesses,
academe,
provincial government, media, and the like.
Moreover, the pro-
gram is integrating with other community “felt” concerns such as dengue
and
anti-rabies
campaign. It also encouraged
meaningful
The program also community participaentails waste conver- tion and massive comsion to organic fertiliz- munity actions. (PIAers (with national, re- Caraga)
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