Students and teachers at Manchester's Villa Road Primary enjoyed cleaning the school grounds on Friday, January 24th, when the first day of a week-long national dengue cleaning exercise, Fin, began.
The day began with performances of songs and poems, including a duo of poems written by teacher Kerry-Ann Reid Brown, titled "Fight the Fight and Save a Life". The mosquitoes wanted to die, not alive.
Then the students were divided into teams led by my leaders, with belts with the words "Miss Cleaning" and "Mr. Clean".
Under the direction of the team leaders, they began removing plastic containers and other garbage from the school grounds and filling the empty tires with dirt to prevent water from building up there.
Reid Brown told JIS News that this activity is part of an ongoing effort to keep the school yard clean.
"We try to preserve our environment. Today, that's just the extra work we're doing to make sure the environment is safe, "he said.
Schools and business premises were the focus of the first day of the national campaign against the dengue virus with the theme: "Mosquitoes want to be dead, not alive!"
At Christiana Leased Elementary School, students were divided into 11 work teams that represented all of the school's clubs with 748 students.
These are the Environment, Brownies, Jamaica 4-H, Math, Christian Fellowship, Jamaica, Red Cross, Spelling, Spanish, Scouting and Reading Club.
Allison Nelson-Forbes, one of the coordinators, told JIS News that the day started with an awareness session and a presentation on dengue fever to identify and destroy mosquito spots.
"Each club received a huge garbage bag and the students were wearing gloves when they visited the entire complex and collected all the garbage and plastic containers," he said.
He noted that children are now more aware of the dangers of dengue and will be able to walk through their homes to find and destroy mosquito hatcheries.
Deputy headmistress of Winston Jones High School, Kenecia Stewart, told JIS News that school activities included the disposal of plastic bottles and other containers that could collect water and mosquitoes.
"We also cut some bushes," he said.
He noted that students are regularly taught about dengue prevention and that they receive advice that they can use at home, such as drilling holes in cans and using mosquito repellents.
On Friday at Cross Keys High School, the cleaning work included the disposal of plastic bottles and garbage.
Disciplinary Dean Samuel Smalling informed JIS News that the school's security committee had met and made a decision on all areas of the complex that needed to be addressed.
"We watched the drains, we watched where the old chairs and desks are kept, and one of the most important things was three toilets that need to be removed, but it will be a long-term project," he said. he explained.
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