The women of Yei River County held today a one-day conference to prepare Women’s International Day to be celebrated on March 8.
Sarah Natalino, who chairs Yei Women’s Association, said the aim of the conference was to elect members to organize the celebration and to make it unique, Radio Easter reported.The project coordinator for South Sudan Development Organization Mawe Seme said in the past Yei was called Small London but nowadays is very dirty.
He added that one of the activities for Women’s Day should be a clean-up operation.
Mr Seme said activities of solid waste management should be included too.
More than 30 people attended the conference at Yei Council Hall.