GO CLEAN INITIATIVE (GCI), NIGERIA

We are a non-governmental organization aimed at carrying out cleanup, recycling, and eco-friendly projects towards having a clean and a healthy environment in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.

The problem of a clean, healthy, and eco-friendly environment in Cross River State, Nigeria is one that has lingered for many years.

Inline with research carried out by our initiative, it's assumed that 10-50% of persons living in this area/community, and state suffer health damages, mental disorder, trauma, etc. as a result of this long lingering issue.

Major factors contributing to this are; poor governmental discharge of environmental duties/responsibilities, poor enactment of policies set up to checkmate individuals/citizens compliance to environmental care rules and regulations. As a result of this, individuals of the state, Nation have suffered deterring healthy living, health challenges (one of the major causes of death). 

The state as well has lost its place as being one of the greenest states in Nigeria, and in Africa.

Go Clean Initiative, Nigeria is a community of young person's with the vision and passion for having and maintaining a clean and a healthy environment in Calabar, Cross River State, and across Nigeria. 

We carry out cleanup projects in streets, schools, institutes, within and outside the state and Nigeria as a whole. 

We educate, sensitize the public on the importance, needs, and health benefits of a clean, healthy, and eco-friendly environment.

We cohere with the government to set up environmental cleanliness and health policies, regulations to ensure the active participation of the citizens adhering to the standards of the initiative.

One major area of focus of our Initiative is recycling were we'll be launching a "Go Recycling Project" to recreate, remake, recycle (3Rs), and transform waste/abandoned materials, recyclable materials into useable, tangible, and healthy products good enough for the use, consumption, and benefits of the citizens, state, and Nation as a whole. 

We tend to make beautiful craft, artworks, from these recycled materials thereby promoting the Art culture in the state and nation.

Another area of focus is in the generation of electricity supply through energy recovery from waste involving variety of conversion processes thereby providing a means of power supply to individuals, the state, and the nation (Nigeria) through defined and well established technological and industrial facilities/set-ups, innovations.

We are working towards directly and meaningfully improving the lives of every individual of the state who as a result of environmental uncleanliness, improper waste management, etc. have suffered health challenges, mental impairments, trauma, etc. by ensuring a good, sustainable, healthy, eco-friendly environment through the various projects we intend carrying out for their benefits.

As part of our responsibilities to educate the public through seminars, campaign awareness programs, on the importance, need, health benefits of having and maintaining a clean and a healthy environment, we will make donations, provisions of waste management materials to support this course.

We as well offer the chance to restore the statue, culture of the state as being one of the greenest city in Nigeria and in Africa.

A rundown of selective team members skills, background, and experiences;

NOLEMEH OKON OWAI (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER) - A researcher, innovator, entrepreneur, medical practitioner, and leader of GCI,NIGERIA. He has engaged in several environmental researches, environmental cleanliness activities. He is one who in past months and present has been engaged in Eco-friendly discussions working towards the sustainability system in Cross River State, Nigeria. He is currently holding an Ambassadorial position with TunzaEcogeneration, where he is one of two persons representing Nigeria in discussing, giving monthly reports of the Nation's environmental, ecosystem state, thereby promoting the interest of the Nation (Nigeria).

FAVOUR ASIKONG - A researcher and an active advocate of the ecological management in public and urban arears. She has led and added her due expertise in projects and research aiding to advance humanitarian and ecological successions for more than two years in counting as her service to the society is at it's start-up phase and certainly full of potentials.

STANLEY AKOBUNDU - A research and laboratory scientist has been involved in a variety of volunteer and corporate projects over the past months, owing to promote biological solutions to health hazards caused by urban ecological malfunctions. As a humanitarian, he aids the growth of faith organizations in achieving goals of societal growth.

DEBORAH .M. - A humanitarian and computer scientist, who has helped the society on individual levels in her service to environmental sanitation and technological research projects of advancements to ecological wellbeing. Being passionate about her goals of becoming a social innovator, for the past 5 years Deborah has aided organizations and associations achieve such goals through her active involvement and participation in activities. 

All four researchers forming the base of Go Clean Initiative, Nigeria serve as the pivotal push of the organization, of which their experiences help strengthen the vision and scalability of the organization.

Through research, environmental surveys, person-person interactions, we've realized that most individuals residing in this environments have been affected and as a result frown at the failure of the government to ensure proper environmental care and maintenance for the healthy sustenance of the people. 

In working with a few volunteering service providers we've come to realize that the aspect of environmental cleanliness and maintenance is one that needs proper attention.

In carrying out awareness campaign, seminars we've been able to inform the public of the benefits our initiative offers in relation to environmental care and well-being of the citizens. So far we've had positive, supportive response/feedbacks backing and promoting the smooth running of our initiative.

Our initiative is innovative in that it brings into existence new, reformed modernized ways through which environmental, ecosystem settings can be sustained.

Projects like recycling of waste or condemned materials is one hardly seen or heard of being functional in my community, state, or Nation. This is one area of major concern of our initiative as part of the ways we seek to preserve the ecological system.

Technologically driven approach adopted by our Initiative include; ICT, AI, modern and industrial facilities, etc. 

One common technology approach adopted by our Initiative is social media, where we reach out to a larger audience, informing them of the benefits our initiative offers, our strategies to effective functioning. We promote our Initiative using this platform. 

Seeing that our Initiative is aimed at having and maintaining environmental cleanliness, creating an eco-friendly environment as well as satisfying human needs. we believe in carrying out our set projects, we would by the end of 2023 - 2024 have served mostly half the population as we carryout our projects. 

Through our volunteering system, we tend to carry along individuals interested, passionate about what are initiative strives for. This way we engage the public in rendering services to the benefits of themselves, the general citizens, the state ad as well the nation.

Financial lack/insufficiency could seem to slow down effective functioning though it isn't a challenging barrier as modalities will be put in place to cover up If such needs arises.

Governments failure  or unwillingness to support, endorse could be a barrier though modalities as well will be considered to come to a peaceful resolve if such needs arises.

Individuals, public/societal cooperation could slow down effective functioning and progress. This as well will be handled considerately as we believe when carrying out awareness, sensitizing campaigns, many will come to full understanding and peaceful resolve.

In Partnership with Calabar Urban and Development Agency (CUDA), we make available dirt trucks to aid easy evacuation of heavy and large dirts in areas of coverage.

In partnership with various radio station, we are  given a platform to reach out to large audience sensitizing and educating them on the importance, health benefits of having and maintaining a clean and a healthy environment, as well as presenting with innovative exercises like recycling, creating of art works from recycled materials, etc.

In partnership with environmental agencies/bodies within the state we set up policies, rules and regulations that guide the citizens towards maintaining a clean and a healthy environment. 

We offer value by rendering services that seeks to maintain environmental and eco-systemic balance thereby creating a safe and a healthy environment for the citizens. 

The state as a whole is a major beneficiary of our initiative as our set out projects seeks to promote the well being of it's citizens and the state itself thereby preserving it's Identity.

An inbuilt financial system with leverage on the foreign exchange market will be set up placing us on a higher advantage in the market.

Recycled products will be sold back to the public at minimal cost  as a means to generate funds for minor projects.

As part of our plans to go into production of clean-up tools, materials, we will be placed at a position where we sell to the public good, sustainable, and tangible products for their use and consumption.

As part of our plans to generate electricity from waste conversion, we will come into agreement with the state on percentage level to generate and supply electricity to the state and as well be paid for it thus creating an income generation avenue to the Initiative.

Little fundraising will be carried out within the Initiative to Carter for basic/minor needs of the Initiative.