a mother of four explains how the rain swept garbage into their homes and how they had to clean everything in the village. she hopes the local radio stations will help spread their ideas and efforts to other villages. and with us and. our discussion groups have carried out a lot of important projects most of them concerning climate change but what we re doing affects the whole community but one person on their own can t solve the problems of these clubs have become a vital part of how we put our plans into effect because we can mobilize and motivate so many residents and sat in air to leaders of saddam booboo village invited us to a meeting they now have for demitra clubs here and there are two thousand across africa set up and funded by the un s food and agriculture organization and other development agencies the clubs help to promote participation and initiatives within
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 demeter clubs the idea is to give rule communities a forum to talk about their everyday problems the program was especially and is empowering a young people and women to promote change they w has been to senegal to find out more. it s a big day for these young residents of saddam booboo village they re going on air for the first time at the community radio station in kusa. they ve 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. a mother of four explains how the rain swept garbage into their homes and how they had to clean everything in the village. she hopes the local radio stations will help spread their ideas and efforts to other villages. and with us and. our discussion groups have carried out a lot of important projects most of them concerning climate change that what we re doing affects the whole community but one person on their own can t solve the problems of these clubs have become a vital part of how we put our plans into effect because we can mobilize and motivate so many residents. him and sat in and the leaders of saddam booboo village invited us to a meeting they now have for demitra clubs here and there are two thousand across africa set up and funded by the un s food and agriculture organization and other