The caravan was aimed at creating more awareness on the negative impact of climate change on the island city. Furthermore, the initiative is one of the components of the Banjul City Council Bloomberg advocacy project, which seeks to raise community awareness on environmental hazards surrounding Banjul.
Miss Oumie Darboe, Project Lead, revealed that the project is specifically about climate action strictly for Banjul.
“Looking at BJ Academy and what we do is to sensitize people on issues affecting us all. Therefore, we opt to take part and we were granted the project.”
“We noticed that a lot of people are not well sensitize when it comes to issues relating to climate actions. This is one of the reasons we staged this initiative to make sure we all come together to address climate change.”
During the caravan, authorities also spoke of their plans to reinforce measures to arrest stray animals, which they claimed are eating some of their ornamental plants in the Banjul.
Amadou Wurry Jallow, one of the co-founders of BJ Academy, explained that laws are put in place to remedy a situation, saying having animals roaming the streets can cause destructions in some aspect as they destroy ornamental plants in the city.
“The implementation might affect some people. However, overall, it is going to benefit all of us. Banjul is hot and during peak of traffic, vehicles move frequently. Therefore, letting loose of your animals might endanger its life. Thus, we should collectively help Banjul go forward.”
Jallow hinted that ‘if urgent measures are not taken to remedy the situation, 75% the City of Banjul will be consumed by water in the near future.
That, he added, should be a concern to all residents in the city to make sure their actions count a lot towards ensuring its protection, preservation, and progression.
“If we all act responsibly, we are going to have a climate adaptive globe.”
