We recently took stock of everything that happened in 2019 as a result of the Little Prince’s activities, and see what been happening! Here’s a partial list.
Moshe Lion as a mayoral candidate, after signing the Clean City platform
In 2019:
- The Jerusalem Municipality cleared over 1/2 million tons of garbage!!
- More cleaning workers were added – 500 subcontract workers will be added to the street-sweeping system by the end of next year.
- More street-sweeping vehicles and cranes – the Jerusalem Municipality bought new vehicles for every area of the city.
- The Enforcement Division began giving reports for throwing trash in the street, for leaving garbage bags outside the bins, construction waste, garbage from businesses, those who don’t clean up after their dogs, and more. (Until 2019, the Enforcement Division had not given any reports for garbage issues!)
- About 20 neighborhood groups of residents working for cleaning the neighborhood were established.
- Some neighborhoods were assigned special days to clear landscaping waste and large furniture. By the end of next year, all neighborhoods will have been assigned a fixed day.
- Garbage began being collected on Saturday nights all over the city!
- Containers and trash cans have been upgraded in many neighborhoods.
- The first part of a Clean City Campaign began (in cooperation with residents).
- The first garbage parade was held in cooperation with residents and the Municipality.
- During the summer months, there were over 140 educational activities in the gardens and parks.
- Educational programs on keeping streets clean began to be implemented in schools and kindergartens in all educational systems (religious, secular, ultra-Orthodox and Arab).
- Trash cans were decorated with colorful paintings.
- Private open spaces: In the 2020 work plan, some of the private open spaces will be cleaned by the Municipality (depending on their size and type). All residents will receive notifications before areas close to them are cleaned.
- Residents and professionals forums were set up with senior operations manager and several active work groups.
There’s going to be so much more in the upcoming year …. You could say that the city is still dirty, that there hasn’t been any change. But you can also say, look how far we’ve come and how much we’ve achieved.
Happy New Year to everyone
* Pictured: Moshe Leon holds the Little Prince’s cleaning platform – October 2018.
Here’s the post that was published in the Little Prince Facebook group:
Many thanks to the Jerusalem Foundation and the Rayne Foundation for their support of the Little Prince.
