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Before and after photos of the beach at Lowmans Bay.
Before and after photos of the beach at Lowmans Bay.

About 50 volunteers from various groups of the SVG Red Cross Society alongside the St. Vincent Grammar School Environmental Club removed almost two skips of garbage from the beach at Lowmans Bay on Saturday.

Chairman of the Fern Side Adult Red Cross group, Jonathan Pitt said the beach clean-up was in keeping with the seven fundamental principles of the Red Cross and was vital for strengthening community cohesion and protecting marine ecosystems.

Arianna Nanton, a volunteer with the Bethel High School Red Cross group, said seeing the condition of the beach, especially after Hurricane Beryl, was “so upsetting”

“I am here today because I just wanted to see the beach clean.”

Glendon Douglas, a fisherman plying his trade at Lowmans Bay, expressed appreciation to the Red Cross for cleaning the Beach, remarking, “It looks very decent.”

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The beach clean-up came on the heels of an Enhanced Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment conducted by the SVGRC in conjunction with NEMO and USAID.

The assessment found that the top three vulnerabilities in the community were mosquitos exacerbated by pollution, infestation from slugs and snails and flooding, also made worse by pollution.

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