In the morning hours,
the weather was sunny with motives high for climate action. We jumped into a taxi and headed to Ggaba
market an area around the shores of Lake Victoria, it unites a lot of people
from far and wide, who come and carry out very many activities for example; fishing,
tourism and some commercial activities among others. This shows how populated
the area is with a high consumption of goods taking place and wastes generated,
70% of garbage collected in this area is food wastes. We chose this location
because the rate at which waste is generated is alarming causing water, land
and air pollution which deteriorates both environment and human health.
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| The strikers stage a joint display of their messages. |
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| I engaged with locals about waste disposal |
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| A message in Luganda, about waste disposal |
During our strike, we
engaged with the public as we explained to them the messages in different local
languages for them to understand. Majority were appreciative and understood our
cause while a few were discouraging as one man asked for legal proof of us
openly striking but that didn’t stop us from proceeding with our strike.
Luckily enough, we bumped into the Local Chairperson of Ggaba towards the end
of our strike, he like our movement and encouraged us to continue with the good
work.
Dear youth it’s never
too late to join us as we save our earth, let’s all unite and make a difference
now because we do not have much time left. We demand climate action now.
Compiled by Climate Strikers at Fridays For Future - Uganda
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