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Our Environment, our Engagement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In the second part of the project “De-plastify your life!” from May 7 to May 21, 2016, the same young adults from Senegal, France, Germany and the Netherlands met in the southern Senegal city of Ziguinchor. Following the motto “Palaver Square – Our Environment, Our Commitment”<\/strong>, the participants freed the space from the garbage with the local residents and turned it into a place \u00e0 palabre – a common place. This building project was inspired by the original form of the conflict resolution of the region. Under the “l’arbre \u00e0 palabre”, the palaver tree, the inhabitants gathered and discussed before they found a consensus. There was a basketball court, framed by games of old car tires and wooden benches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Background for the project in the city of Ziguinchor\nis the massive pollution caused by plastic bags through the immediately\nadjacent market in the district of Boucotte-Kulumba. Although the plastic bag\nban was introduced in Senegal in January 2016, the ultra-bright colorful bags\ncontinue to shape the streets of the city. In addition to the “palaver-place”\nproject, the project participants show creative alternatives to the manufacture\nof bags and traditional calendars (dried gourds), which can be implemented in a\nlarge demonstration train on the market. In nearby schools, they gave the\nstudents a playful way of assessing the health risks of plastic waste and the\ndangers to the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The closing ceremony included an inauguration ceremony\nwith Urban Rap, the traditional Senegal wrestling, a Calebassen catwalk, a\nstring play of the Xalam and acoustic sounds of the Casamance orchestra. An\nestimated three hundred people pursued the acrobatics and bounced\nenthusiastically into the square. The inauguration was perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partner:
Hajusom e.V. <\/a>(Hamburg)
REESO<\/a> reseau d\u00b4echange, d\u00b4entraide, solidaire et organise (Epinay-sur-Seine, Il-de-France\/Paris)
ASC-Kulumba Association Sportive et Culturelle (Ziguinchor\/Senegal)
Havelar’s Engaged Youth (HEY!) (Amsterdam)<\/p>\n\n\n\n