In 2008, the tiny nation of Estonia in northern Europe came up with the annual game-changing concept that is the World Clean Up Day. In just five hours, 50,000 individuals came together to clean up the entire nation. A global bottom-up civic movement began on that day and took off like wildfire. This sparked the interest of individuals all across the world, who were motivated to adopt the same ambitious "one country, one-day" strategy.
2022’s World Clean Up Day in the Maldives kickstarted in Kaafu Himmafushi. Let’s do it! Maldives team coordinated the event that is to be carried out in parts of the Maldives. More than 160 nations are affiliated with the global organization Let's Do It World (LDIW). The largest event that LDIW puts on is World Cleanup Day. Each nation has a leader or group of leaders who dedicate themselves to World Cleanup Day by working frequently as volunteers. In Hulhumalé, Vice President Faisal Naseem launched the World Cleanup Day 2022 activities.
Vice President Naseem stated, "The cleanliness of the society indicates the conscientiousness of citizens," during the inauguration ceremony. He asserted that maintaining community cleanliness requires daily effort, particularly for the benefit of future generations. He stressed that it is each person's duty to pick up trash on the streets because everyone is impacted by an unclean environment.
The Housing Development Corporation (HDC) has attracted more than 1,600 participants to the cleanup day events, including students, business representatives, and volunteers from non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The cleanup efforts encompassed the streets, parks, and beaches of Hulhumalé.
Millions of people get together every year on World Cleanup Day for the largest waste collection event in human history. In 2018, 17.6 million people participated, and in 2019, 21.2 million environmental heroes cleaned up the world in a 36-hour green wave that started in New Zealand and ended in Hawaii.
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