Testimony of Healing March 14, 2005 Issue

YOU CAN'T HARM AN IDEA

RACHEL ANNA MCVEY

I have been volunteering in Jamaica since July 2003 with an international aid organization. I am often involved in projects with community-based organizations. One such project, which was sponsored by a local youth club, involved converting some metal drums into trash containers, to encourage residents to store trash in bins and not discard it in the gullies.

The first day of the project involved moving 55-gallon steel drums, donated by a local manufacturing plant, to an open area where we would then cut them open with a chisel and a wedge, and paint them. These particular drums had skulls and crossbones painted on them because they formerly held a chemical used to make Styrofoam and some glues.

There were not enough protective gloves for everyone on the site, and the dust masks we were given couldn't protect us from traces of the chemical liquid still in the drums. The air became filled with the chemical's strong fumes, and several times during the process each worker had to take breaks for fresh air.

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