The United States Coast Guard ship, USCGC Mohawk (WMEC 913), arrived on August 12, 2022 in Abidjan. On a stopover in Abidjan, American coast guards cleaned up the beaches of Vridi-canal on Monday, in Port-Bouët (South), a seaside town, and delivered a gala match, with Ivorian teenagers.
“The objective of this activity, in which we participated, is to give a good example to the children of Côte d’Ivoire, because we organize the same activity at home in the United States”, said the press chief petty officer Stefan Overton, a manager of the US Coast Guard vessel Cutter Mohawk, visiting Abidjan from August 12 to 16, 2022.
He suggested that “following this activity, it is the energy that the children of Côte d’Ivoire have just shown us” that will remain with them. Alongside the US Coast Guard, young girls and boys collected plastic waste by the sea, waste from the lagoon, and discarded by the sea waves.
Mr. Mark Zimmer, Press and Cultural Affairs Counselor at the US Embassy in Abidjan, said he was “very happy to welcome the US Coast Guard vessel Cutter Mohawk, and its crew”. An activity carried out thanks to the NGO 350 Côte d’Ivoire.
The founding president of the NGO 350 Côte d’Ivoire, Mr. Cheick Traoré, indicated that this exercise aims “to set a good example for future generations; and it starts with the children”. The crew joined the NGO to clean up the beaches, which consisted of selective sorting of marine waste.
This waste, he explained, “comes from the lagoon with the different changes in the sea currents. And we who grew up here, we try to contribute to the well-being of our environment and above all direct the youngest towards the education of children in the fight once morest plastic pollution ”.
In the Vridi channel, there is a mouth, the crossroads of the sea and the lagoon. For Mr. Cheick Traoré, people must be made aware of the seriousness of plastic pollution and the possibilities, in terms of recycling this material which invades the beaches.
The United States Coast Guard ship, USCGC Mohawk (WMEC 913), arrived on August 12, 2022 in Abidjan for a port visit. This visit demonstrates the strengthening of cooperative security relations between the United States and Côte d’Ivoire.
While in Abidjan, the crew of Mohawk will interact with the naval forces of Côte d’Ivoire, including medical treatment, close combat and care of the wounded, intelligence on contraband and its management, visit demonstrations , Advice, Search and Seizure (VBSS).
The Mohawk is the first American ship to visit the Ivory Coast in three years. In July 2019, USNS Carson City (T-EPF 7) made a port visit where partner naval forces embarked in Carson City to conduct logistics and small boat maintenance exercises, survey, boarding, search and seizure (VBSS) and medical response scenarios.
Over the past decade, the United States has intensified maritime security cooperation with partners on Africa’s Atlantic coast to enhance maritime domain awareness and protection of our sovereign waters.
The United States shares a common interest with African partner nations in ensuring safety, security, and freedom of navigation in the waters surrounding the continent, as these waters are critical to Africa’s prosperity and access to global markets.
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APA-Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire)- On a stopover in Abidjan, American coast guards cleaned up the beaches of Vridi-canal on Monday, in Port-Bouët (South), a seaside town, and delivered a gala match , with Ivorian teenagers.
“The objective of this activity, in which we participated, is to give a good example to the children of Côte d’Ivoire, because we organize the same activity at home in the United States”, said the press chief petty officer Stefan Overton, a manager of the US Coast Guard vessel Cutter Mohawk, visiting Abidjan from August 12 to 16, 2022.
He suggested that “following this activity, it is the energy that the children of Côte d’Ivoire have just shown us” that will remain with them. Alongside the US Coast Guard, young girls and boys collected plastic waste by the sea, waste from the lagoon, and discarded by the sea waves.
Mr. Mark Zimmer, Press and Cultural Affairs Counselor at the US Embassy in Abidjan, said he was “very happy to welcome the US Coast Guard vessel Cutter Mohawk, and its crew”. An activity carried out thanks to the NGO 350 Côte d’Ivoire.
The founding president of the NGO 350 Côte d’Ivoire, Mr. Cheick Traoré, indicated that this exercise aims “to set a good example for future generations; and it starts with the children”. The crew joined the NGO to clean up the beaches, which consisted of selective sorting of marine waste.
This waste, he explained, “comes from the lagoon with the different changes in the sea currents. And we who grew up here, we try to contribute to the well-being of our environment and above all direct the youngest towards the education of children in the fight once morest plastic pollution ”.
In the Vridi channel, there is a mouth, the crossroads of the sea and the lagoon. For Mr. Cheick Traoré, people must be made aware of the seriousness of plastic pollution and the possibilities, in terms of recycling this material which invades the beaches.
The United States Coast Guard ship, USCGC Mohawk (WMEC 913), arrived on August 12, 2022 in Abidjan for a port visit. This visit demonstrates the strengthening of cooperative security relations between the United States and Côte d’Ivoire.
While in Abidjan, the crew of Mohawk will interact with the naval forces of Côte d’Ivoire, including medical treatment, close combat and care of the wounded, intelligence on contraband and its management, visit demonstrations , Advice, Search and Seizure (VBSS).
The Mohawk is the first American ship to visit the Ivory Coast in three years. In July 2019, USNS Carson City (T-EPF 7) made a port visit where partner naval forces embarked in Carson City to conduct logistics and small boat maintenance exercises, survey, boarding, search and seizure (VBSS) and medical response scenarios.
Over the past decade, the United States has intensified maritime security cooperation with partners on Africa’s Atlantic coast to enhance maritime domain awareness and protection of our sovereign waters.
The United States shares a common interest with African partner nations in ensuring safety, security, and freedom of navigation in the waters surrounding the continent, as these waters are critical to Africa’s prosperity and access to global markets.
