In 2011 and 2012, staff will train 15 Pan-African women and 15 Pan-African girls to empower over 2,750 African community members to learn about and take action related to waste reduction, toxicity reduction and recycling, and to learn about and gain resources for composting. Print ads and radio will also be used. 

In 2006, two staff members plus ten African girls and ten African women were trained to teach others about household hazardous waste and junk mail reduction as “peer trainers.” Many of the peer trainers and participants live in two high density apartment facilities -- Skyline Towers in St. Paul and Park Haven Apartments in Brooklyn Park. The women and girl peer trainers presented information one-on-one to 156 others. MAWA staff trained an additional 200 people through small group sessions in housing complexes and at the Al Huda Mosque. All 356 people were required to share the information they learned with at least one additional family member or friend. Ads about the project also appeared in African News Journal and Mshale, two major African community papers. MAWA staff were pleasantly surprised by the strong interest in these topics from their community.