PAYNESVILLE CITY CORPORATION Paynesville City Liberia West Africa

PAYNESVILLE CITY CORPORATION Paynesville City Liberia, West Africa Challenges Projects & Accomplishments E. Pam Belcher-Taylor Mayor

PAYNESVIL About Paynesville LE Ø Estimated Population of 500, 000+ Ø Divided into 5 political districts Ø 55 established communities Ø Kakata Highway border Ø Roberts Field Highway border Ø Double Bridge border Ø Tubman Boulevard border

PAYNESVIL About Paynesville LE PAYNESVILLE CITY HALL Office of the Mayor City Administration Ballroom Courtyard

PAYNESVIL About Paynesville LE • Sports Stadium • Road leading to RIA

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PAYNESVIL Ongoing Projects. LE Waste transfer station

PAYNESVIL Ongoing Projects. LE Paynesville City Park

PAYNESVIL LE Ongoing Projects Teacher training program

PAYNESVIL LE Ongoing Projects WASSCE Tutorial for 12 th grade students in Paynesville

PAYNESVIL Ongoing Projects. LE Adopted Primary School in Paynesville

PAYNESVIL Ongoing Projects. LE Paynesville City Library/Training Center

PAYNESVIL Ongoing Projects. LE Paynesville City Capacity Building

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Women Empowerment Paynesville City Female Staff

PAYNESVIL Women Empowerment LE Miss Liberia and the Contestants for Miss Earth Liberia work with female staff to clean our city

PAYNESVIL LE Current Challenges v Waste Management v Mindset of Citizens v Financial Constraints v Centralized Government v Limited revenue stream v Limited authority

PAYNESVIL LE Current Challenges • Equipment • Fire

PAYNESVIL LE Current Challenges • Pollution

PAYNESVIL LE Current Challenges • Dumping on the streets

PAYNESVIL LE Current Challenges • Creating illegal dump sites

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PAYNESVIL LE Current Challenges Dumpsite in the largest open market center in Liberia (REDLIGHT MARKET)

PAYNESVIL LE Current Challenges Plastic Waste

PAYNESVIL LE Current Challenges Plastic in drainage

PAYNESVIL LE Current Challenges Most of the plastic waste are the result of sachet water consumption

PAYNESVIL LE Working with Challenges • LBS Market during the cleanup • LBS Market After cleanup

PAYNESVIL LE Working with Challenges • Waterway Cleanup

PAYNESVIL LE Working with Challenges Community Football Field Before After

PAYNESVIL LE Working with Challenges • 72 nd Junction before cleanup Before After

PAYNESVIL LE Working with challenges • Awareness campaign

PAYNESVIL Working with. LE challenges Community participation in the cleanup process

PAYNESVIL Proposed LE Solutions q q q q Waste Transfer Station PCC & Communities identify ideal primary dump sites Community Based Enterprises (CBEs) v a. Recycling v b. Composting Outsourcing of Secondary Collection Chain ü Collecting from Community Dump Sites ü Transporting to and dumping at the landfill City mapping to improve revenue collection Licensing for the sales of alcoholic beverages Tariff on the sales and production of single-use plastics Smart City project

Advance Build Cultivate Practice what we preach Aspire to inspire Youth, yes we can Nurture, not neglect Engage and educate Sanitation for self-respect Vigilance is a must Illuminate, improve and influence Liberia is first Leaders, not followers Emancipation through empowerment PAYNESVIL LE

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