Entrants's Name: Soumaoro Issa

Country: Mali

Field: Citizen/Community Participation

Innovation - idea: ENVIRONMENTAL TAKE CARE METHODS AND HEALTH ISSUES SENSIBILISATION AND EDUCATION, FUTHER INPLANTING AND MAINTAINING OF THIS METHOD IN THE COMMUNITIES

Innovation - why it is pioneering: BECAUSE IT IS THE VERY FIRST AND SUCESSFULL EXPERIENCE IN THESE COMMUNITIES AND IN SENEGAL AS A WHOLE.THE IMPACT ALSO RENDER IT PIONEERING

Strategy - how it achieves impact: WE IMPLICATED THE YOUTHS , CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY LEADERS OF THE AREAS , We GIVE TRAINING AND FUTURE CARRY OVER PROCEDURES AND METHODS, THE INHABITTANTS OF THIS AREA GOT INVOLVE THEMSELVES VOLUNTEERILY AND WHERE VERY HAPPY TO TAKE PART AND ARE SO DETERMINED TO MAINTAIN THE STANDARDS AND CARRY FOWARD THIS INITIATIVE

Strategy - growth plans: HOW GROWTH PLANS IS TO IMPLEMENT THIS STRATEGIE IN ALL COMMUNITIES IN SENEGAL AND OTHER AFRICAN NATIONS ? WE ARE ALREADY STARTING INN MALI ALSO AND THE POPULATION REALY WANT THIS STATEGIE TO BECOME AN EVARLASTING SOLUTION TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH PROBLEMS? WE TRAIN INHABITANTS AND YOUTHS OF THE AREAS TO CARRY FOWARD AND CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE STRATEGIE SO THAT IT GROW AND AMELIORATE AS TIME GOES ON THEY ACCEPTED VOLUNTEERY AND ARE VERY DETERMINED TO WORK FOR FREE AND FOR THEIR OWN COMMUNITY BENEFITS/ OUR PLANS ARE TO DO REPLICATE THIS STATEGIE TO OTHER COMMUNITIES AND NATIONS AROUND WEST AFRICA

Impact to date: OUR PROJECT HAS A LOT OF IMPACT IN THE FIELD AND COMMUNITIES? EVERY DAY WHEN YOU GO TO FASS MBAO NOW YOU SEE YOUTHS AND CHILDREN CLEANING THE STREETS THEMSELVES ? TAKING AWAY THE DURST BINS GOING TO EMTY THEM ? AND EDUCATING HOUSEHOLES TO BRING OUT THEIR BINS AND RUBBISH TO EMPTY THEM IN THE BINS THAT WE PLACED ON THE STREETS AND CONNERS? THERE ARE NO MORE FLIES AND MOSQUITOS EVERY WHERE AS BEFORE ? MALERIA RATE HAS DROPPED TREMENDOUSLY.( SEE PROJECT REPORT AT WWW.WILDERNESSPROJECT.ORG)

Future impact: TEN YEARS IS EVEN TOO MUCH , WE THINK 5 YEARS FROM NOW THIS STATEGIE WILL GROW AND COVER THE REST OF WEST AFRICA AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION AND HEALTH CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE, THE REASON IS THAT EVEN THE LOCALE AUTHORITIES ARE VERY HAPPY OF OUR INITIATIVES THEY EVEN ASSIST IN OUR PREPARATORY MEETINGS AND TRAINNING SESSIONS SOME ASK US TO EXTEND IT INTO OTHER LOCALITIES, WE ALREADY RECEIVED YOUTHS FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES CAMING TO ASK FOR OUR TRAINNING AND WITH THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS INVITING US TO CAME THERE ALSO AND DO THE SAME PROJECT. SO WE HAVE HOPES THAT 5 YEARS FROM NOW THIS WILL BE A NATIONAL AND REGIONAL VICTORY( SEE PHOTOS AT WWW.WILDERNESSPROJECT.ORG)

Sustainability - resource base: IN FACT I STARTED THIS INITIATIVE WITH 4 YOUTHS BUT AS TIME WENT ON MANY CAME TO JOIN AS VOLUNTEERS , SO AT THE TIME OF IMPLIMENTING THIS STRATEGY I HAD 4 YOUTH VOLUNTEER AND THE COMMUNITY I DID MY PROJECT WERE MASSIVELY INVOLVE , IN FACT THE TRAINNING AND THE STRATEGY IS SO ORGANISED IN A WAY THE THE LOCALE COMMUNITY YOUTHS AND CHILDREN ARE AUTHOMATICALLY INVOLVED BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES TO CARRY FOWARD THIS INNITIATIVE AND TO MAINTAIN THE STANDARDS so AFRTER SENSIBILISATIONS AND INFORMATION MANY MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY JOIN VOLUNTEERLY TO IMPLIMENT THIS PROJECT AT THE END WE HAD OVER 400 YOUTHS AND COMMUNITY MEBERS WHO WHERE INVOLVED SO I HAD ABOUT 350 VOLUNTEERS and 50 paid workers, the paid workers are immidiate members of my Youth Association and they had to sell some products to fundrais and end some percentage for themselves while we use the rest 50 percent to finance the project. WE NEEDED AND STRATEGIC PARTNERS BUT ONLY HAD SOME MATERIAL SUPPORT FROM NICODEMUS FOUNDATION

Major challenge for the field: IN FACT THE MAJOR CHALLANGE for the field is CREATING AWARENESS ON DANGERS OF POOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS TO THE HEALTH OF INHABITANTS AND CITIZENS OF THE VARIOUS COMMUNITIES, OUR CHALLANGE HERE IS TO MAKE THEM KNOW THAT MOST OF THE ILLNESSES AND DEASESES ARE CAUSED BY THEVERY POOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONDATIONS.THE OTHER CHALLANGE IS TO IMPLIMENT THIS AWARENESS AND MAKE IT INBORN INTO THE POPULATION.

Contact Information:

Name: Soumaoro Issa
Country: Mali
Website: www.wildernessproject.org