Young Pakistanis Take One Problem Into Their Own Hands
Tuesday, 19 May 2009 09:48
Article in the New York Times on the efforts of one group of college students in Lahore to clean up garbage in their neighborhood.
"The trash movement, which calls itself Responsible Citizens, does not yet qualify as broad, but it still drew a respectable crowd on a recent Sunday, considering the heat (above 90 degrees) and the time (around 4 p.m.). Mr. Ahmed and his friends were doling out trash bags they had bought for the occasion. About 40 people had gathered. Some were wearing masks. All were carrying shovels."