We had a men's focus group with some men in the community. After I turned off the tape, we said bye and the men started talking to me in English. I was really inspired by what they said.
"Thank you very much for all you are doing. We are very happy the way you are doing this [talking to people and getting their opinions] so we can start to improve our Sakina and other communities will know about Sakina and what we are doing. The truth is that we have the ability to do each and everything but our leaders like to despite the teenagers. Most of us we can say, “I am not responsible for that” but we can agree that we can do it all ourselves and that IT IS OUR responsibility to take care of our Sakina and improve our Sakina."
Another man said: "We appreciate what you are doing. It is hard for our village leaders to do something like this [a health assessment of the village by visiting houses and talking to different groups of people] so we really appreciate what you are doing. Anytime you need us, call on us."
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