Be for broom
If charity begins at home, then shouldn’t cleanliness begin on the street? Before thinking of an answer, allow us to take you back a few months when the FIFA World Cup fever was at its peak. Japanese football fans, who travelled to Brazil to see the match, won hearts, both online and offline, when they cleaned up their own mess after each match. And they did so even when their team was on the losing side. Dig a little deeper and we realise that they were able to carry out these civic responsibilities so effectively — in a foreign country nevertheless — because of their education. Turns out, it’s a common practice in Japan to conduct cleanliness drives not only in schools but outdoors as well. 

School students participate in a cleanliness drive in Vashi