Nationwide cleaning campaign with the motto Let's Clean Kosovo
24 May 2012
24.05.2012 - Today, cleaning campaigns with the motto Let's Clean Kosovo were carried out throughout Kosovo. Also, in Prishtina around 09:30, representatives of the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, representatives of the Let's Clean Kosovo initiative, and the Municipality of Prishtina symbolically marked the start of the campaign in the Dardania and Lakrishte neighborhoods, by planting saplings and distributing brochures, garbage bags, and other cleaning tools.
On the occasion of the start of the campaign to clean Kosovo, in the Dardania neighborhood of the capital, near Xhemajl Mustafa School, the President of the Republic of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, the Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi, and the head of Prishtina, Isa Mustafa, were also present.
Also, besides the Minister of MHPS, Dardan Gashi, Deputy Minister Ilir Mirena, and the Chief of AMMK, Ilir Morina, the action was also attended by the Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo, Bujar Bukoshi, and the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development, Blerand Stavileci.
In addition to the volunteers of Let's Do It and the employees of the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, the initiative was also responded to by many citizens of Pristina. The cleaning action, besides in the Dradania and Lakrishte neighborhoods, continued in other neighborhoods of Pristina as well. Also, according to announcements from the organization Let's Clean Kosovo, 37 municipalities of Kosovo responded to the action by organizing cleaning campaigns in cities, neighborhoods, and villages. Many other organizations, schools, and institutions have also organized cleaning actions across Kosovo. All equipment for collecting waste was provided free of charge by the Let's Clean Kosovo initiative and the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning.
The 'Let's Clean Kosovo' campaign aims to encourage the mobilization of all citizens, organizations, and various companies to clean up waste in our country. Similar actions under the motto 'Let's do it' have also been organized in many countries around the world. The 'Let's do it' campaign started in 2008 in Estonia and quickly spread to more than 90 countries worldwide.