In a bid to help mitigate the effects of cost of living among people living in poor communities and reduce the environmental health hazards, Pan-African Capital Foundation (PAC Foundation), has donated various food items as a relief to hundreds of households in Mesewo community, in the Mushin area of Lagos State.
This is also as the organisation organised a clean-up exercise for the community with an aim to enlighten the residents on environmental sanitation and reducing the health hazard that can be contracted through pollutants and accumulated waste in the environment.
According to Omolola Ojo, the Executive Secretary for the Foundation, ‘‘The mission is to create impact for social good through innovative interventions that are private-sector driven. Our focus areas are health, education, environment, and economic empowerment.
“The foundation promotes and creates Eco-conscious communities by engaging youths and everyone in the society to create sustainable Eco-solutions to problems impacted by climate change affecting people’s health in the environment,” Omolola added.
Over 20 members of staff of PAC holdings volunteered to carry out the clean-up exercise. They were equally supported by some youths in the Masewo community, which made it a collaborative exercise, to ensure an environmentally friendly atmosphere.
Charles Okonkwo, the managing director of PAC Securities -a subsidiary of PAC Holdings, who was actively part of the exercise said ‘’It is of paramount importance that we take responsibility and Clean-up the environment often because of the obvious consequences’’.
“We are committed to intensifying awareness on proper waste disposal and separation from source, eradicating the hazards caused by these wastes,” Olusola Agbeyi, the Group Human Resource Manager of PAC Holdings, said.
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Residents were briefed on the impact of the clean-up and were advised to sensitize the entire community on waste management, personal hygiene, and plastic pollution on the environment, especially on gutters that cause blockages.
Joshua Dominic, the Foundation’s Programs Officer, while sensitising members of the community urged the community members to desist from dumping plastics or littering the environment to prevent flooding or disease breakouts.
Some members of the Mesewo community expressed gratitude to the group for blessing them with food to eat and cleaning their environment as well.
In his remarks, John Kupolokun, the Baale of the Mesewo community, expressed his satisfaction with the exercise and commended the group for taking it upon themselves to clean up his community.
