These aren’t some munchkins or some edible balls. These are Bokashi/Mabuhay Balls! These are made of clay soil and effective micro organisms and proven to help clean toxic waterways or tributaries. The technology came from Japan and Philippines adapted it. They are called Mabuhay balls for it gives life. Mabuhay from buhay = life. It gives life to toxic bodies of water like esteros. A size of a tennis ball can clean 1,000 liters of toxic water. In some places, this creating Mabuhay balls is already a source of livelihood as they earn 2.00 or 3.00php per ball made. One of the successful esteros where these balls were used was the Estero de Santibañez in Paco, Manila. Kapit Bisig Para sa Ilog Pasig of ALKFI’s Bantay Kalikasan trains communities along esteros create Mabuhay Balls with the help of its partners.
