En Trinidad, Santa Bárbara, a village of stilts and dreams, a ´Say NO to Garbage´ was the start of a new street theater play called the Six R´s: recycle, reduce, re-use, refuse, repair and responsibility. The idea is to educate the people on the importance of a good use and processing of garbage, that will not only reduce the amount of garbage in the environment, but also create alternatives and generate income.

La Siembra, a theater group from Trinidad, was invited by OCDIH (the Christian Organization for the Integrated Development of Honduras) to be part of the ´NO Garbage fair´. And that is where the cooperation started.

As explained by the director of La Siembra, Delmer López Moreno: ´We are honored to support OCDIH artistically and to be part of their awareness raising strategy in rural and urban populations´. The theater group focused on the design of the theatre, music, clothes, attributes and make up. Thanks to the motivation of Igmarrey Pacheco (Chili), this effort was strengthened by a study which made the entire play anthropologically and esthetically sensitive.

In this theater, the spectator finds a personality given to the garbage. This contributes to the awareness raising, since people will understand that they need to ´treat better´ their garbage. It´s not only that you put the garbage in the dedicated spaces and not on the street, but also how you can use it so that it will still be useful. ´To really live up to the philosophy of the six R´s, should not be seen as something impossible for the people of Honduras. It has been shown in other cultures that with organic and non-organic garbage the productivity can be increased, accelerating human development in harmony with nature,’ explains Delmer López Moreno. ´We know that having fun during education is the most effective way to get to the people. And showing something, like a theatre play, really contributes to positive changes in behavior and attitude´.

The play about the Six R´s, shows what to do with garbage and gives an impulse to the creativity of the people. The campaign of OCDIH ´NO Garbage´ does not only motivate at the people in Western Honduras, but also this specific theatre group: ´To be honest, this theme was never part of our artistic focus but ever since we have been working on it, it has become a very important element of our identity. And we will keep on educating the people at the most important festivals and carnivals in the country´.

OCDIH continues with the ´No Garbage ´campaign, always looking for alternatives to educate and raise awareness with different social actors. We are very grateful to the street theater group La Siembra for their creativity, dedication, and commitment to the struggle for a clean, healthy and green Honduras.

´Also in garbage you can find beauty´

Thanks to: Delmer López Moreno