a winning approach to community activism for the past twelve years the un s food and agriculture organization has supported local discussion groups known as dimitra clubs the idea was to give rule communities a forum to talk about their everyday problems a program was especially aimed at empowering young people and women to promote change the w. went to senegal to find out more. it s a big day for these young residents of sata booboo village they re going on air for the first time at the community radio station in kusa. they have been invited to take part in a chat show everyone here speaks polaha a regional language in eastern senegal. and her colleagues are the leaders of the village discussion group part of a network of clubs known as dimitra. talks about the brief rainy season and his dried up corn fields rule