MANDAUE CITY, Cebu, Philippines—Over 400 volunteers beat the sunrise on Friday morning, February 22, to participate in the clean-up drive at the Butuanon River in Mandaue City as part of the simultaneous river clean-up in 10 rivers in Central Visayas.
Among the 400 are six Opao Elementary School students and Supreme Student Government (SSG) officers who came to respond to the call of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR-7) for volunteers.
Together with their adviser, Rosario Corona, the six students – Mechaella Abatayo, 12, Elisha Villaceran, 11, Krisha Mae Olila, 12. Shanley Bregante, 11, David Rondina, 11, and Christian Luche, 13 – carried with them sacks and gloves and began to work on the banks of the Butuanon River in Barangay Ibabao Estancia.
Rondina, a 12th-grade pupil, said he was excited to join the river clean-up because he wanted to do his part in the cleaning of the Butuanon River, which covers a total of 23 kilometers from Cebu City to the Mactan Channel.
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