ICC 2026

SALAG HADR FOUNDATION, INC. JOINS THE WORLD
IN THE INTERNATIONAL COASTAL CLEANUP 2026

In the early morning of September 19, 2026 several organized groups from the government and private sector gathered at the coastline of Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines to take part in the global effort of coastal cleanup for the year 2026. One of these non-government organizations actively participating is SALAG HADR FOUNDATION, INC. (Servants Alliance for Local Autonomy and Growth – Humanitarian Assistance, Disaster Relief).
The coastal cleanup reels off around 6:00 o’clock in the morning with 27 volunteers and 7 officers of SALAG HADR. Other volunteer groups were also present with DENR (Department of Environment and Natural Resources) personnel and CLENRO (City Local Environment and Natural Resources Office). The designated area was at the vicinity of the mouth of Bitan-ag Creek, the largest waterway that cuts through the entire city other than the Cagayan de Oro river.
SALAG HADR FOUNDATION, INC headed by its chairman and founder Romeo Arnulfo A. Espaldon and president/co-founder BGen Danilo N. Ferrer, PAF (Ret) provided protective gloves and rubber boots to the volunteers as well as T-shirts for easy identification. Snacks were likewise provided for a quick fill after the cleanup effort.
The group has gathered about 32 sacks of garbage and several discarded materials that cannot be wrapped in sacks. Over 75% of the volume are plastic bottles and other plastic materials weighing about 26.7 kilograms. The other assorted solid waste materials weighed about 71 kilograms. All the garbage collected were eventually hauled by the garbage disposal units of CLENRO as previously coordinated.