Youth-led Information Drive in Camamanan: #hinlotabai

Youth volunteers from the Pagasa Youth Association of the Philippines (PYAP), Association of Young Leaders of Mindanao,  Kabatanonan sa Barangay 35, founding-member organizations of the Oro Youth Development Council led an information dissemination drive in barangay Camaman-an on the specific time for garbage collection on September 7, 2014.

This was accompanied by other youth volunteers and officers of Barangay Camamanan, CLENRO, and CSWD of the Local Governmet of Cagayan de Oro.

The volunteers distributed information sheets which states the route and time where and when the dump trucks would collect garbage on specific collecting areas. The volunteers paraded along the side walks talking to residents and business owners.

The theme of the information drive is “Mang Hinlo ta Mga Higala para sa limpyo na Cagayan de Oro”, an offshoot of the Higalaay Festival.

This is just one of the efforts in a broader movement to raise the level on solid waste management in the barangay level. The OYDC has a seat in the city’s Solid Waste and Management Council chaird by Xavier University President Fr. Bobby Yap.