10/07/2026
Bible Society of Ghana joins National General Clean-up Exercise
Armed with brooms, shovels, and long-handled rakes, the staff wasn't just arriving for another day at the desk, we were stepping out to put feet to our faith. The energy was palpable. This wasn't a sudden burst of spontaneity; it was a deliberate step in line with the President’s call for Sanitation and clean up as well as in the Bible Society of Ghana’s recently launched "Clean and Green Earth" campaign. While the broader initiative was designed to take monthly clean-up and environmental sensitization programs into schools across the nation, the team knew that true stewardship had to start at home. Right at our own doorstep.
With sleeves rolled up, the General Secretary and staff worked side-by-side. We swept the frontages, cleared clogged gutters that choked the roadside, and bagged plastic waste that had piled up along the bustling James Town street. Passers-by paused, traffic built with some simply smiling at the sight of corporate staff getting their hands dirty for the community.
But the team didn't stop at our own perimeter, following the rhythm of the National Sanitation Day exercise, the we extended the efforts down the road toward the historic James Fort Prisons. The old stone walls, rich with history but heavily burdened by time and urban grit, became the next focus. The Bible Society team cleared the encroaching weeds along the fort's pathways and gathered the sands by the roadside.
The clean up was not just an act of waste management, it is a silent, powerful sermon written in action. The need to care for God’s creation as the old saying, “cleanliness is next to godliness”.
By mid-morning, the frontage of the office was transformed, and the stretch leading to James Fort stood noticeably cleaner. Standing together, lean, tired, but deeply satisfied, the staff looked over their morning's work. They had swept the streets, but more importantly, they had set the standard for the school campaigns ahead, proving that caring for God's creation begins with a single broom, a willing heart, and a love for the local community.
