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Dakar, Jul 28 (EFE) .- Senegalese startup Kayfo has developed an entertaining and fun way to raise awareness on the serious issue of beach pollution: Clean my Beach, a slingshot-style videogame in which players must, like its name depicts, clean beaches.Players are put at the centre of the issue as they throw all the rubbish into a recycling bin and return animals to their natural habitat.FOOTAGE OF BEACHES IN SENEGAL, KAYFO HEADQUARTERS AND FOOTAGE OF THE GAME (COURTESY OF KAYFO.)SOUNDBITES OF:-JULIEN HERBIN, KAYFO FOUNDER: "It is an issue that concerns us all, especially when we see the state of the beaches here in Senegal, it is something that strikes us every time we go to the beach, so we thought it would be a good point to address in a videogame.""The more you play, the more the natural environment will return. Some animals are going to return to the beach making it more beautiful, without a doubt.""That is why the name is also in English, we have not used neither French nor Wolof. It is a game with a global reach. Beach pollution in some parts of the world is obviously a much bigger problem than in others, but it is a global problem and, if we go further, we all share ocean pollution."-THIERNO NDIAYE, GAME DEVELOPER:"I think that the topic is very important because it contributes to the protection of the environment and allows young people to be aware and at the same time learn that we must collect garbage and thus can contribute to the protection of the environment."-BINTA DEME, VIDEOGAME DESIGNER:"Kayfo Game Studio has chosen a quite noble theme such as protecting the environment, because if we take the example of Senegal, people throw garbage everywhere, we see more and more pollution on the beaches and in the streets and, we said to ourselves 'we are going to do something about it, raise awareness among people, awaken the collective consciousness."
Mexico, May 8 (EFE) .- At the most critical point of the pandemic, clowns from Mexico City are working to instruct subway passengers to wear face masks and antibacterial gel. (CAMERA: Denisse Torres Hernández)
People with albinism strutted their stuff in a beauty pageant held in Nairobi, with the aim of building confidence and raising awareness about discrimination and human rights violations of people with the condition.
An unusual wedding ceremony took place in San Jacinto Amilpas, Mexico last weekend. A group of Mexican women were led to the altar by Peruvian activist Richard Torres to exchange their vows and tie the knot with trees. Brides were dressed in traditional wedding gowns as they approached their tree-grooms to share a kiss. Instrument players, people in traditional dress, and a few members of the press joined the wedding procession and cheered as the brides embraced and kissed their wooden husbands.
This syringe contains hardeners and resin mixed with breast milk. You heard right, a German artist named Marscha Wortmann takes breast milk, mixes it in with different hardeners and cast resin, pours the mix into mould, and creates jewellery which she then sells all over the world. Her tops clients are moms that want keepsakes of their breastfeeding days as well as a way to remember the moments they nursed their children.
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