Green day in Nukunuku!

This Friday Akoteu Nukunuku was lucky enough to be picked by Bank South Pacific to participate in a green day program for keeping Tonga clean!

We started the program off by picking up rubbish on the school grounds.

Then some awesome hats and shirts, along with gloves and rubbish bags were distributed by BSP!

Once everyone was ready we headed out  into the community to pick up all the rubbish!

The kids worked hard picking up the rubbish all through the community for a good 2 hours!

It took the stundenta awhile to distinguish what rubbish was, a lot of students picked up old leaves and compostable materials rather than the non-compostable materials like wrappers and cans etc. Generally picking up compostable materials is what is expected of students in their homes ( clearing old coconut leaves and husks etc) rather than a focus on non-compost able materials, so this was a great learning experience for many of them.

We stopped and took a much needed break about halfway through as the sun was soooooo hot! ( A big thank you to BSP for providing the water)!

Complete with ice blocks!

We finished off the rubbish pick up at the school!

Class 6 sang their recycling song my principal composed!

Overall all it was a success! Malo 'aupito to BSP and all the students!