T. Nyamupangedengu
Background Information
The first such project began in Dangumvura in earnest in the month of February 2009. Residents are currently meeting weekly with their councillors to give updates and plan the way forward. They then meet daily in smaller committee’s to distribute work and to be accountable.
The residents initially began by cleaning up the wards and disposing of the rubbish at the main pit. Upon realising that the main pit would not be able to take all the rubbish being dumped, the residents decided to dig new refuse pits around the different wards. Residents have also begun to dig pits at the back of their homes to dispose of their household rubbish, rather than throwing rubbish on the street corners.
Finding this a success, residents ventured into the repair of public toilets during the cholera outbreak, with the assistance and support of Mercy Corp NGO. Committees have now been set-up to man the public toilets with the assistance of Council providing labour for cleaning etc.
The roads are next on the list of things needing immediate attention in Dangamvura. Residents have expressed just as much enthusiasm in the area of filling potholes as they have in refuse disposal and toilet repair. Having seen how successful projects can be if a community works together in unity and one purpose, the residents of Damgamvura, have now begun to understand that together the city will stand, apart it will fall.
Projects
The first such project began in Dangumvura in earnest in the month of February 2009. Residents are currently meeting weekly with their councillors to give updates and plan the way forward. They then meet daily in smaller committee’s to distribute work and to be accountable.The residents initially began by cleaning up the wards and disposing of the rubbish at the main pit. Upon realising that the main pit would not be able to take all the rubbish being dumped, the residents decided to dig new refuse pits around the different wards. Residents have also begun to dig pits at the back of their homes to dispose of their household rubbish, rather than throwing rubbish on the street corners.
Finding this a success, residents ventured into the repair of public toilets during the cholera outbreak, with the assistance and support of Mercy Corp NGO. Committees have now been set-up to man the public toilets with the assistance of Council providing labour for cleaning etc.
The roads are next on the list of things needing immediate attention in Dangamvura. Residents have expressed just as much enthusiasm in the area of filling potholes as they have in refuse disposal and toilet repair. Having seen how successful projects can be if a community works together in unity and one purpose, the residents of Damgamvura, have now begun to understand that together the city will stand, apart it will fall.
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