San Juan City Science High School Boy Scouts Help Clean Up the Dolomite Beach

In celebration of International Coastal Clean-Up Day last September 16, 2023, San Juan City Science High School Boy Scouts took part in a cleanup drive right on the coast of Dolomite Beach, Manila. Around twenty-eight (28) Senior Scouts and twelve (12) Adult Leaders from San Juan Associate Council took part in the clean-up effort led by Scouter Domingo C. Bruno WBH/CML from San Juan National High School and Scouter Catalino A. Camayra WBH/OA from San Juan City Science High School through the guidance and support of Scout Executive Scouter Rommel E. Manal, ALT, BMC. Senior Scouts from San Juan City Council roamed the bay and collected trash from the seashore and its waters while other government agencies and private sectors, youth volunteers, civic groups, and civil society joined in the activities.  This clean-up drive aimed to fight for a trash-free ocean and to help clean the seas and oceans through volunteerism and emphasize their life-giving importance to humans.

Signed by former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in 2003, Presidential Proclamation No. 470 declares the third Sunday of September of each year as International Coastal Clean-Up Day in observance of the Global Coastal Clean-Up celebrations. The international clean-up drive was a global initiative dedicated to addressing the ocean population through beach and waterway clean-up. The theme for this year's ICC was “Clean Seas for Healthy Fisheries” which aligned closely with the objectives of the United Nations (UN) Ocean Decade Challenge 3 which is to “Sustainably Feed the Global Population”.