By Margaret Kamba 

There is nothing fulfilling as seeing a project you have set to achieve come alive. This glorious feeling makes you wish you had started it earlier and that if only time would fly and you would see its achieved end.

I am quite sure that His Excellency, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, feels just as much when he looks at the Geo Pomona project. Why I think this way is because of his initiative to clean our country every first Friday of the month. 

Who doesn't know how our country had literally been run down by most opposition led councils who could not collect refuse, leaving every place to be illegal dumpsites? It was almost impossible to think that we could get out of that situation as disease outbreaks had also become the order of the day.

Today, the country boasts of a going green initiative that has seen even the country's youthful populace clamouring to be part of.

This week has been a fun-filled and breathtaking one as I, along with others, have gone around Harare to see the work being done by the 1200 workers employed by Geo Pomona Pvt Ltd.

From the dumpsite to the offices and Harare's streets, I have met men and women who have heeded to their President’s call to build Zimbabwe. 

The night envelopes the sweeper truck staff as they sweep Harare's streets. While the rest of us sleep in our cosy homes, he braves the night to help you and me wake up to a clean street. 

What makes his work impossible is that young or old man or woman whom he must beg to remove his car from the parking lot so he can clean the street. And you wonder, had there been a curfew, would his cleaning not be made easier?

He literally must forget about watching that soccer match because that 9pm to 4am routine not only puts food on his table but is helping the country reduce its health bill.

The street cleaner comes in early in the morning to remove the vegetables dumped by the vendor selling at night. Robert Mugabe Street, on which most vendors sell their fruits, vegetables and other wares as well as other "strategically" positioned streets are an eyesore every night and morning. While the vendor thinks he or she is "fixing" the street cleaner, they are not aware that they are at a loss themselves. The tomatoes, cucumbers and other perishables they dump were bought and throwing them away is a waste of money. 

While it seems like giving the street cleaner a punishment, she only has to continue clearing this dirt to secure her job. Her paycheck is guaranteed every single month.

Imagine a Zimbabwe cleaner than what it is now. Imagine how many tourists it would receive. Imagine a Zimbabwe which has embraced newer and smarter technologies to clean its surroundings. 

We are already in this age and it only requires each of us to take that bold step to build Zimbabwe ourselves. 

Education 5.0 is aimed at helping us find solutions to our problems and all we need to do is to identify them.