Description of the Project

· How did you help locally to lessen the problem?
We helped to lessen the problem by selecting neighborhoods with many graffiti on their walls. When we arrived, everything was a mix of words, colors, and messy. We helped locally because we painted the neighbors in our city which we see everyday.
· Which was your target group? (beneficiary’s contact name, phone and address) Why?
Our target is the city and population of Tampico. All of the people who live in the places which were painted were the target group eventually.
· How did your project attend a need of your community?
The project attended a need for our community because the city everyday looks uglier with the all the graffiti covering houses, walls, and stairs. We needed this because a city cannot have the landscape of a messy place.
· Why do you think the theme of your project is important today?
The theme of the proyect is important today because it is a major issue in many places around the world. I think that if we make the point that we are going to clean the walls again and again even though people continue to paint them, eventually we can create a culture that respect the walls of people´s homes.
· What knowledge did the members of your group acquire?
The members of the groups acquired that people do notice the graffiti. People which homes had graffiti told us how they had ruined their walls, and how they have tried to stop them but haven´t been successful at it.
· Which skills did you gain?
We gained skills in communicating with poeple we don´t know. We also learned how it is really a hard labor to paint walls in the sun.
· What was/were your goal(s)?
Our goal is to ensure environmental sustainability in Tampico. We are going to try to paint over most of the graffiti that are on public walls. There are graffiti all around Tampico and it looks really bad. People that want to express themselves do it so get it all out by painting, but they just don’t think about what they are causing. Others just do it because of vandalism.
· Did you achieve your goal? How do you know?
We achieved our goal because we painted many walls white again. We knoew we were successful because the people who lived nearby our job site congratulate us as examples for the youth.