A positive step in improving urban sanitation

Keith R

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Have been cleaning out my inbox, and came across this story from last month that I thought I'd pass on:

"Estudiantes universitarios se integran al aseo de la ciudad"
YANET F?LIZ, Listin Diario
03 March 2005

http://www.listindiario.com.do/antes/marzo05/020305/cuerpos/ciudades/ciu1.htm

The concept Leonel and Mayor Fernandez are promoting, with money and technical assistance from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), is to create a well trained, more professional urban sanitation service, including students choosing waste management as a career (wonder if this will include a true sanitary engineering degree?). It doesn't solve anything in and of itself, but I think it might be a useful start in changing, over time, how things are done in Santo Domingo, and hopefully lafterward, in Santiago, PP, SPM, etc. as well.

Regards,
Keith