Earth week: let’s clean up these streets!

We’re very proud of our green credentials, and the Embassy’s “Green Team” has been at it again, this time supporting a campaign to help keep Guatemala clean. To tell you more about it are two members of the team, Farah and Carmen. Over to you guest bloggers…..

My name is Farah Moran and I am the Embassy’s receptionist, and I also help organise fun activities such as the one we took part in last Sunday “Limpiemos nuestra Guatemala” (“Let’s clean our Guatemala”, in English). This activity was organized by Fundacion Azteca and its aim was to encourage people to each clean a part of their community, to set an example, including to the next generation, that throwing trash on the streets is unacceptable.

It was a voluntary act of commitment and responsibility by Guatemalans as well as many foreigners who reside in the country and who wanted to be involved. In different parts of Guatemala small squads of cleaners gathered with groups made up of people with different ages and from different backgrounds.

Our Embassy has as one of its priorities a commitment to tackle climate change, including by setting an example and protecting the environment. Because of this we decided to get involved with Fundacion Azteca. And so together with a number of Embassy colleagues we swept the stables in front to our offices, gathering garbage along with other volunteers singing songs to help keep up our motivation. It was a great morning’s work!

Now over to Carmen…

My name is Carmen Granados and I work in the Ambassador’s residence. I would like to add my thoughts about the activity. There was great enthusiasm shown by all the participants to support the cause and to share the experience with each other. All of us that took part in the cleaning did so because we wanted to improve our environment, to keep our city clean.

I really think that these activities should be done more frequently in order to get better results that will benefit us all. I am grateful to the British Embassy for supporting programs that improve our environment!

Well, thanks Farah and Carmen for your thoughts on the activity. A really worthwhile cause, so thanks to you and the rest of the Embassy team who took part. If you would like to learn more about our green credentials then check our web site.