Mubarak – “Wet Existence”

Location of Image:
Makoko Community, Lagos Nigeria.

A clean environment ensures the continual existence and survival of all life on Earth. Cleaning the environment reduces pollution, protects unique ecosystems, prevents the extinction of endangered species, and conserves resources, such as water, land, and air. A clean environment ensures the protection of biodiversity and ecosystems upon which human life and all other life on Earth depends. The Makoko community is a big threat to a cleaner environment. Makoko is one of Africa’s most unique inner-city slums, with a third of the community built on stilts in a lagoon off the Lagos mainland. The need for good sanitation cannot be overemphasized in this community. The main objective of my visit to this slum is to raise awareness to both government and private organizations for emergency support for a cleaner and healthy environment.