It's A Miracle: Teenagers Take Out The Trash
The trash was piling up in the gutter. A young man in Nigeria wanted to get local kids to help clean it up. His campaign has gone viral.
by Malaka Gharib
Feb 06, 2018
4 minutes
Chris Junior Anaekwe had an idea. In his home state of Anambra in southeastern Nigeria, there was a filthy gutter full of bottles and cans and trash, all covered in black gunk.
And he thought it would be a good idea to convince the local kids — local teenagers who contributed to the mess — to clean it up.
Good luck with that!
But with a bit of convincing and leading by example, Anaekwe, 28, was able to gather a group of nearly a dozen boys, ages 14 to 16, to help out. On the last Saturday of
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