An eWaste drive with a local address
The Hindu
Here is how ‘Friends of Manapakkam’ took a leaf out of popular initiative and made a difference in their patch
The two-day eWaste and old clothes collection drive at Manapakkam (October 23-24) was roughed in at informal chats, largely on WhatsApp, between parents. Before SARS-COV-2 got the universe to socialise hunched over laptops and thumbing on mobiles, these parents would meet while dropping and picking up their children at school.
A year ago, the friendship forged through brief corridor conversations and online chats led them to form a loosely structured group, Friends of Manapakkam.
It was decided the group would volunteer for activities for the locality’s betterment, primarily in solid waste management. However, while the destination was marked, the ticket for the ride was missing. To put it plainly, they did not have a crystallised idea of how to go about their self-imposed goal.
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