Abstract:
At the project site in the neighbourhood of Malika, the launch was held in Wolot – the
main national language of Senegal. Women and children, local authorities, customs and
religious representatives, cultural advocates and recyclers all attended. The representative of the Minister for the Environment and the Protection of Nature, Fatima Dia Touré, asked the various stakeholders to work together to rehabilitate the catastrophic situation at the Mbeubeuss site. This article reports on events at the launch of the project.