One spade, one hoe, and a rake

community clean up day = clear the trenches

Today we got down and dirty for the Lord. Yes, the two other interns and myself went to Mobadoya to clean out the trenches. Clearing the trenches is exactly what it sounds like: messy. With the aid of the other community leaders, the girls and I gloved up for some seriously dirty work. The trenches of Modoya are clogged with trash that has built up over the years. Sewage and waste have built up, and the decomposing material is a smell that permeates the area. This unsanitary system cannot be rectified, but it can be improved, and that is exactly what we set out to do today.

Armed with nothing more than simple tools and a pair of gloves, the team started pulling trash out of the narrow trenches. We scrapped the sides and shoveled sewage from the muck. These piles of "yuck" were then put on wheel barrows and rolled out. At the end of the day the sewage ran through the trenches -no longer clogged by all the trash. Now that was one dirty job! Mike Row, you would have been proud.