Women volunteers join hands to clean up plastic litter in beaches

Personnel from the Kenya Coast Guard Service and the Kenya Wildlife Service take part in the clean up at Copa Cabana Public Beach in Mtwapa, Kilifi County. [Robert Menza, Standard] 

Some 250 volunteers drawn from the Association of Women Managers in the Maritime Sector in Eastern and Southern Africa (Womesa), Kenya Coast Guard Service (KCGS) and Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) have joined hands to rid coastal beaches of plastic pollution.

Speaking after activities at Copa Cabana beach in Mtwapa, Womesa Kenya Chapter vice-chairperson, Joyce Marangu Awino, said their aim is to prevent pollution through sensitisation of locals on conservation through beach clean-ups.