WILLEMSTAD – January 23, 2026 – The Minister of Economic Development, Mr. Roderick Middelhof, in collaboration with Curaçao Tourist Board (CTB), recently launched the initiative “Let’s Help Keep Our Children’s Carnival Parade Clean,” aimed at encouraging children’s parade groups to actively contribute to maintaining cleanliness during the parade. During a pleasant ceremony, the leaders of the 20 children’s parade groups received a financial contribution to support their efforts in responsibly collecting and disposing of cups and used plastic bottles generated by their groups throughout the parade.
The ceremony featured addresses by Minister Middelhof, CTB Director, Mr. Muryad de Bruin, the President of the Carnival Groups Association (AGKK), Mr. Ricardo Pita Correia and Product Department Manager at CTB, Mr. Andre Rojer. Also present were parlement member, Ishair Monte, the Queen, Prince, and Pancho of the Children’s Parade 2026, as well as the Children’s Tumba King 2026. Each Children’s group representative signed a commitment stating that their group will also contribute to a clean parade. For several years, CTB, in partnership with the Ministry of Economic Development, has implemented various campaigns focused on keeping Curaçao clean and promoting recycling initiatives. In 2026, the focus is on raising awareness about keeping the Children’s Parade clean.
In addition, during Tumba Festival 2026, CTB will be present with its awareness campaign ‘Curaçao is Dushi’, promoting the importance of keeping our island clean. Visit the ‘Curaçao is Dushi’ booth to get information and follow the social media pages of ‘Korsou ta Dushi’ and CTB for more information about the campaign during the Tumba Festival 2026 and the prizes. Together, we keep Curaçao clean!
