Zimbabwe National Clean Up Campaign:What is it all about ?
By Hosia Mviringi
01 February 2019
Background and Purpose of Event.
Those of us who are of a Christian background and inclination will recall what the Bible says about cleanliness being next to Godliness.Without wanting to convert anyone into the religion let me try to quote one verse in which God implores his people to be in his likeness.
One such character of God is cleanliness.In the verse the word of God himself says Be holy for I am holy.In other words holiness means cleanliness of heart and pureness of deeds.
But then as the word urges us to be clean it goes on to identify and claim the human body as the temple of God.In that vein he urges man to sanctify , purify , and to prepare himself to be a true sanctuary of the living God.
But in applying this to our earthly daily life we discover the likeness of God in us because it has become our nature to want live in clean surroundings.
It goes without saying that we are a natural likeness of God.Just look around yourself right now as you read.Does the surrounding environment please you and make you wanna praise God ?
Or lets come closer home.Look at youself right now.Do you think that if you were God you would live in your body ? Are you satisfied that your surroundings are fit for habitation by a true temple of God-you ?
Therefore this is a call for introspection.
Our hearts should drive us to want to live a clesn life.But a clean life is not possible in the middle of a heap of stinking rubble.
A clean life is a beautiful life.
National Clean Up Day, which falls on the first Friday of every Month came as a proclamation by the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe HE Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa.This is an inspirational call by the Head of State for us as citizens to look around and say are we satisfied with the state of our environment.
What are the benefits of living in a clean environment ?
Zimbabwe in recent years has been inflicted by a litany of many mideval diseases which should not be heard of in the 21st Century.These diseases include among others Dysentry, Cholera, Typhoid, Tuberculosis and many others.
These diseases are a result of drinking from polluted water sources.Poorly disposed garbage pollutes our water sources.
Yet burning garbage and litter pollutes the air that we breath.This breeds respiratory diseases that can be prevented.
Most if not all of these diseases are a result of living in unclean environments.We have lost our beloved relatives to such preventable diseases.
We can not even try to quantify the extent of loses that the economy suffers as a result of these preventable diseases.The nation loses productive time as citizen suffer a lay off due to sickness while the economy bleeds the scarce foreign currency on drug imports.
A healthy nation is a prosperous nation.
So why not heed the call by the President to make it a habbit to clean our environment ? The President led by example when he took to the street to clean our environment.
In today's street lingo they say SMART inotangira kutsoka, Ukuhlanzeka kuqalisa enyaweni, Smartness starts at your feet.It is a call to begin by taking small step of cleaning just where you are standing.If each of us takes care of where we are standing right now I have no doubt that a clean nation is achievable.
A Clean Nation is our National Vision.
A clean Nation is our President's Vision.
Its achievable.
A Clean Nation is a Healthy Nation and a healthy nation is a productive and prosperous nation.
There are numerous economic benefits of cleaning up our environment.In developed nations litter and garbage recycling is a multi-billion dollar industry.Our local youths and entrepreneurs should embrace this initiative by the President and make money through recycling.
We can tap into the readily available local resources through recycling.Other nations produce energy out of recycled matter.Others produce building materials out of recycled matter.
So cleaning up and recycling is a whole industry just waiting to be exploited.
If we buy into this idea as a nation we are only doing good unto ourselves.
Recycling will save the nation forex as an import substitution model.It is an industry with potential to create thousands of jobs for unemployed youths while earning foreigh currency through exports.
There are many other benefits of living a clean life.Every citizen should aspire to be part of this national vision which seeks to place us among the cleanest countries in Africa.
Cleanliness is a measure and reflection of our civilization.
Zimbabwe is our nation.Lets preserve it.Let keep Zimbabwe Clean.
By Hosia Mviringi
01 February 2019
Background and Purpose of Event.
Those of us who are of a Christian background and inclination will recall what the Bible says about cleanliness being next to Godliness.Without wanting to convert anyone into the religion let me try to quote one verse in which God implores his people to be in his likeness.
One such character of God is cleanliness.In the verse the word of God himself says Be holy for I am holy.In other words holiness means cleanliness of heart and pureness of deeds.
But then as the word urges us to be clean it goes on to identify and claim the human body as the temple of God.In that vein he urges man to sanctify , purify , and to prepare himself to be a true sanctuary of the living God.
But in applying this to our earthly daily life we discover the likeness of God in us because it has become our nature to want live in clean surroundings.
It goes without saying that we are a natural likeness of God.Just look around yourself right now as you read.Does the surrounding environment please you and make you wanna praise God ?
Or lets come closer home.Look at youself right now.Do you think that if you were God you would live in your body ? Are you satisfied that your surroundings are fit for habitation by a true temple of God-you ?
Therefore this is a call for introspection.
Our hearts should drive us to want to live a clesn life.But a clean life is not possible in the middle of a heap of stinking rubble.
A clean life is a beautiful life.
National Clean Up Day, which falls on the first Friday of every Month came as a proclamation by the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe HE Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa.This is an inspirational call by the Head of State for us as citizens to look around and say are we satisfied with the state of our environment.
What are the benefits of living in a clean environment ?
Zimbabwe in recent years has been inflicted by a litany of many mideval diseases which should not be heard of in the 21st Century.These diseases include among others Dysentry, Cholera, Typhoid, Tuberculosis and many others.
These diseases are a result of drinking from polluted water sources.Poorly disposed garbage pollutes our water sources.
Yet burning garbage and litter pollutes the air that we breath.This breeds respiratory diseases that can be prevented.
Most if not all of these diseases are a result of living in unclean environments.We have lost our beloved relatives to such preventable diseases.
We can not even try to quantify the extent of loses that the economy suffers as a result of these preventable diseases.The nation loses productive time as citizen suffer a lay off due to sickness while the economy bleeds the scarce foreign currency on drug imports.
A healthy nation is a prosperous nation.
So why not heed the call by the President to make it a habbit to clean our environment ? The President led by example when he took to the street to clean our environment.
In today's street lingo they say SMART inotangira kutsoka, Ukuhlanzeka kuqalisa enyaweni, Smartness starts at your feet.It is a call to begin by taking small step of cleaning just where you are standing.If each of us takes care of where we are standing right now I have no doubt that a clean nation is achievable.
A Clean Nation is our National Vision.
A clean Nation is our President's Vision.
Its achievable.
A Clean Nation is a Healthy Nation and a healthy nation is a productive and prosperous nation.
There are numerous economic benefits of cleaning up our environment.In developed nations litter and garbage recycling is a multi-billion dollar industry.Our local youths and entrepreneurs should embrace this initiative by the President and make money through recycling.
We can tap into the readily available local resources through recycling.Other nations produce energy out of recycled matter.Others produce building materials out of recycled matter.
So cleaning up and recycling is a whole industry just waiting to be exploited.
If we buy into this idea as a nation we are only doing good unto ourselves.
Recycling will save the nation forex as an import substitution model.It is an industry with potential to create thousands of jobs for unemployed youths while earning foreigh currency through exports.
There are many other benefits of living a clean life.Every citizen should aspire to be part of this national vision which seeks to place us among the cleanest countries in Africa.
Cleanliness is a measure and reflection of our civilization.
Zimbabwe is our nation.Lets preserve it.Let keep Zimbabwe Clean.
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