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A profit from their communal garden the two biggest challenges are getting local organizations to help and sourcing materials. and the long term there has to be a direct exchange of information between the village communities and the authorities so they can also find out what's happening on the ground that's also a challenge for the dmitri clubs. making themselves known to authorities and pushing their ideas and plans without us court nadirs if you've made it. the eloquence on this is a pity that the credit going to go to. the men. they met out and bringing traditional village life into the mo...

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 spea...

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. hi...

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 initiati...

Day-to-day lives. steve: what about the movement now across the country, a lot of communities are saying maybe we should start thinking about it. let's go ahead and talk to folks and break into discussion groups and we'll figure out sooner or later whether or not those things should come down. >> i think community discussions is what we need in this country. if communities want to decide that they want to that i can them down, so be it. you just can't go around vandalizing and taking them down. steve: can't do it yourself. abby: are we having a civil debate right now? did t. does seem like peo...