By: Bonnie
A group of Ganja youth came together to cleanup the Ganja Riverbed on a rainy day in early April 2009. The student group included university students from the economics faculty of the Azerbaijan State Agricultural University and students from the Ganja Vocational Training Center. Peace Corps Environmental Committee supplied a small incentive grant for this activity and the University provided much of the equipment and supplies. Approximately 50 students (boys and girls) participated in the all day event that collected nearly 2 city dump trucks of trash from the river near one of the main bridges. The day finished with a party celebration at the Economics building of the University. Bonnie Campbell PCV AZ6 met the 2 leaders of the group at her organization - the Ganja VTC when they attended her English Enrichment and Conversation Clubs. Three other Ganja PCV's were on hand to participate in the cleanup. Thanks to Tor, Linda and Margaret for their help with this project.
The SIFE committee from the University has taken this project to Baku for a presentation and will be going to Berlin in the fall of 2009 to present what they have done for the environment in Ganja.
Pictures attached show the mess before and the cleaned up area afterwards. Asgar and Eldar are the 2 students that planned this project and I am proud to know these two young leaders from Ganja.
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