diego and several other countries in africa where women man and young people come together to work on bringing about change in their communities one example might be developing a project to protect the soil from the erosion let's take a look at how these clubs work. and and sat in and we've been invited to a meeting by the chief of sorry booboo village there already for demitra clubs here there are two thousand across africa set up and funded by the united nations food and agriculture organization and the global environment facility the discussion groups help promote participation and initiative within village communities. encourages the women to speak out it's still unusual for them to have a say in policy. today the young women's club is discussing a proposal made by the young men to build stone barriers to stop soil erosion see