This past weekend, my counterpart and I launched a program to clean our local hospital at the beginning of every month using local sports club volunteers. Our group was small, but productive and the hospital space is slowly looking better.
More importantly, this small project opened a lot of doors. Now every month, more/different groups of people will try to get involved in the cleaning. Also, next weekend the town is holding a meeting to figure out how to clean up our entire town. AND, this opens another door into developing a waste management program as well.
All good things, which started from a small idea, which came from a Senegalese person, NOT me. Those are all vitally important steps in community development and improvement.
--Byron Yee
Peace Corps Volunteer - Senegal, 2009
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