NEW DELHI: The annual “Clean Up The World” campaign that has become an important activity on the calendar of several schools in the Capital will be launched at Guru Harkishan Public School at Poorvi Marg in Vasant Vihar here on Tuesday.
Over 500 students
Over 500 students from several schools across Delhi will take part in the campaign along with members of non-government organisations. The participants will gather at Guru Harkishan Public School and proceed to a nearby park to conduct a symbolic clean-up of the premises. The Australian Deputy High Commissioner, David Holly, will preside over the function. The “Clean Up The World” campaign first started in 1989 when an Australian yachtsman and builder Ian Kiernan, appalled by the amount of rubbish he came across while sailing, organised a clean-up of the Sydney Harbour, during which over 40,000 volunteers removed rusted car bodies, plastic, glass bottles and cigarette butts from the water.
The campaign went global in 1993, with Sydney becoming “Clean Up The World” headquarters. Now it brings together hundreds of people from around the world.
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