President Danny Faure was the guest of honour at the Islands Development Company (IDC) Outer Island Clean-Up Awards Ceremony held at Savoy Resort this evening.
Beach clean-ups were undertaken on eight outer islands, namely Alphonse, Astove, Coetivy. Desroches, Poivre, Farquar, Platte and Remire, by volunteers from various sectors of society between 18 and 31 March. The initiative was led by IDC in close collaboration with The Ocean Project Seychelles and other partners, and marked the first ever large-scale beach clean-up of the outer islands, overseeing the collection of 10, 627kg of marine debris.
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