Wildlife Park Cleanup

Today, the 24th of February, I went to the national park to pick up trash. I went with my mom and my little brother.

We arrived at the park at around 11:00 AM, the guard telling us to drive wherever we wanted to look for rubbish. We set off, heading for the ivory burning site first.
Turns out that the picnic sites were actually very clean, either because another person had been there before us or due to employees regularly cleaning them up.

We decided to drive around the park randomly, and there was actually a surprising amount of trash along the side of the road. My brother and I sat on top of our land rover and pointed out trash, leaping down from the roof to pick up the rubbish and put it in our bag.
 We did this for around three hours, and by the time we had reached the main gate our plastic bag was stuffed to the brim with cans, plastic bags, cups, bottles, and much more.

This was a very fun activity because while we cleaned up we also got to go on a game drive! It's also very important because if an animal swallows a plastic bag it could potentially be fatal.
It's crucial that we keep our park clean and safe, after all, it's the one place for the animals in Nairobi and it needs to be looked after.

I am proud that I took part in this activity, and I hope that the animals benefit from our work.