BEFORE - Residents of the neighborhood identified the ditch as their community’s highest priority for rehabilitation. Smelly and unsightly, the garbage-filled trench often made the nearby road impassable and created a health hazard.

AFTER - Residents worked with municipal officials on the construction of a simple sewage system to eliminate the ditch. But alongside the system residents also built a sense of community, as various ethnic groups worked together to create a solution that would help everyone. “Were I to live here another 10 years, I am sure that without this project, I wouldn’t have had the chance to make these contacts with people of different ethnicities,” said resident Hajdin Krivaqa. “But now we have done it, and we have established very good relationships with each other.”