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After 18months of community sensitization, thirty six Dimitra community Listeners clubs have been established in 18 rural communities West Gonja District to enhance dialogue, communication and the socio-Economic livelihood of smallholder farmers in the northern region. The Dimitra club is a gender sensitive initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which seeks to eradicate rural poverty as well as improve the living conditions and food security of rural communities especially women, through better access to information not only on agriculture but other related issues in various communities. The initiative comprises both men and women in community interaction clubs, where concerns and collective actions are taken with development partners to enhance community livelihood. Interacting with Viasat 1 News in Damongo at a day's forum for Dimitra club leaders, Mauro Bottaro, Assistant Programme Officer for Dimitra FAO, explained the rationale behind the initiative. Some club members in the West Gonja district noted that the clubs have enhanced their unity, communication, and dialogue and have also brought development to their communities. SOT 2: Saasi Fati Kadinaaba, Busunu Community "The dimitra club has served us an avenue that we were able to correct some issues we had in our community. Watching videos and listening to other clubs outside country, our club identify about three major issues that affected the community like sanitation, water and education. We all dump rubbish within the community which making the community dusty and not nice. At our club meetings the group resolved to relocate dump site outside the community, we also at our meeting agreed to disilt the wells in the community which the chief supported us with men that can help in the digging of the well. Currently, we don't have water problem while we are preparing our sheanut. our Development partners also supported our club with bakery facilities where our women were trained to bake bread." SOT 3: Suleman Seidu, Tailorpe Community "The dimitra club is helping us to dialogue a lot among ourselves. An example, the sanitary condition in our village was bad, and a member raised it as her problem. We all agreed in the village to regularly burn the dump site to control it. we were given some training on how to keep our surrounding clean. we were given some training on best farming practices, which adopted to enhance the crop production but was major challenge now is the fulani activities on our farms. We have as a group have discussed that with the authorities in our community for support to handle, and we were assured." VO Mr. Bottaro said the initiative will be expanded into other communities after an evaluation process. From Damongo, Noah Nash for Viasat 1 News