The Church of Pentecost in collaboration with Zoomlion, has launched a sustainable environmental program dubbed: Environmental Care Campaign,  at the ATTC in Accra.

Environmental Care Campaign is designed to tackle  four areas such as  Education, Clean-up Exercises, Community-based initiatives and other activities.

It focuses  on attitudinal change and unhealthy practices that contribute to environmental degeneration. These poor environmental practices include open defecation, noise pollution, improper disposal of waste, poor handling of pests and domestic animals, and unfriendly environmental-means of livelihood.

Prior to this the church organised a training workshop  for  over 100,000 of its  Elders, Deacons and Deaconesses on Environmental Care.

About 300,000 brochures  in 8 local languages to be used in educating the public.

Community-based Initiatives

This is to provide the various levels of the church the liberty to identify community-based initiatives related to the environment and pursue them. Each Area is expected to collate their community-based initiatives and submit to the head office for follow up.

In addition to the above, there shall be other activities such asa: a bi-monthly Clean-up Exercises in public spaces at the district level; provision of bins for all Mission Houses, Church buildings, homes and workplaces of members; trree planting exercises at church sites, mission houses and other specific areas.

This would be done in collaboration with the Forestry Commission in the various Districts.

The church will also use Pentecost Hour periods on the various Radio stations to teach about cleanliness at least once every month.

The church is implementing the program at its local branches across the country thus making it the first ever faith organisation to launch a comprehensive environmental campaign to deal with the country’s devastating environmental crisis.

Environmental Care Campaign is one of the  Church-State partnerships in line with  the church's Vision for the next five years, dubbed Vision 2023.

Vision 2023 has as its overarching theme, "Possessing the Nations is to  Equip the Church to transform every sphere of society with values and principles of God."

Speaking at the launch, Chairman of the JOSPON Group of companies, Joseph Siaw Agyapong, said Zoomlion will contribute 500 dust bins to the program which will be distributed to people free of charge.

Launching the programme, the Chairman of the Church of Pentecost, Apostle Eric Nyamekye expressed the church’s appreciation to the Chairman  of the JOSPONG Group for the gesture.

“Undoubtedly, Zoomlion Ghana Ltd is one of the most effective and renowned Waste Management Companies in Ghana,” said Apostle Eric Nyamekye.

He described the partnership as a part of the church’s  strategic plan for a clean environment.

Apostle Nyamekye announced that  there shall be a Clean-up exercise on Saturday, 24th November from 7am to 9am at Kasoa in collaboration with the Municipal Assembly and Zoomlion Ghana Ltd.

He therefore appealed to government to support the the campaign at the various levels by directing government institutions concerned with the management of environment such as Ministries of Sanitation, Environment, Local Government, Forestry, NCCE etc. to support this initiative by the church.