This photo shows the cleaning of Soniwien, Monrovia's longest gutter. The cleaning was sponsored by Save the Children's sanitation programme. Soniwien which is over two miles long is in central Monrovia. It was built about ten years ago to combat the flooding of the communities in the area stretching from Clay street through Rally Time Market to Group of 77 on Newport street. The people living along two its two sides constantly dump their rubbish in the gutter. As a result, during the rainy season the areas are flooded.

Before the rains this year, SCF sponsored the cleaning of the gutter by excombatants of the National Voluntary Corps.

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