Beautiful Clean Green Schools (BECLEGS)

The project targets schools and local communities around the schools. The first phase of the project targets Nursery and Primary schools. It targets Nursery and primary schools because they are the foundation of every successful child. When climbing a ladder, we must begin from the bottom (The bottom-top approach). Children are the most vulnerable to the impacts of Climate Change and unsustainable environments; that is why BECLEGS has children as primary focus in the first phase of the project. Gratitude Bilingual Nursery and Primary School (GBNPS) and its environs of Mile 3, Nkwen – Bamenda is already a beneficiary of BECLEGS which has as its ultimate goal, “the transformation of all schools into Beautiful Clean Green Schools; hence establish a culture of life where communities care for nature, clean up, fix up and conserve their environment; thus paint the World green.” The problems being solved include; - Ignorance of global environmental issues and lack of environmental knowledge (education) is a major problem faced by pupils and students of a handful of schools. - Little or no concern about environmental health, hygiene, and sanitation of pupils and students in schools especially during outdoor activities like games, break (lunch), etc is also a problem faced in many schools. - Climate change is a threat to everything including education hence a global problem. - Most schools are present in unsustainable, risky and unhealthy environments hence retard learning and expose students to an unsafe environment making them very vulnerable to dangerous activities or danger. This is also a problem that the project seeks to address. - Lack of enviro-health clubs in schools and local communities is another problem BECLEGS strives to solve.