You know, it's a very good question because I think
people have wondered, is it as simple as formalising what is
now informal? And I think to some extent, I don't think it's
that's exactly the simple solution. But it's very hard
because, you know, I think one of the difficulties that my team
and I experienced and a funny anecdote was, for example, we
donated a bunch of 10 standard issue gas masks to 10 scrap
burners, who burned the copper wires to salvage precious
metals, and in an experiment after making this, you know,
small dent and this donation of 10 masks when we came back,
let's say about a week and a half later, to
check up on the working conditions and the
developments to see if they were using the masks we gave them,
most of them really weren't. And so it just shows you that sort
of there's sort of like an education and a sort of, you
know, I've learned that in working in places like
Agbogbloshie in the informal sector, trust is a currency. You
know, people have to know people at that level, you know, living
below the poverty line need to trust you. And so sometimes that
can be a challenge in certain situations, and it's something
that needs to be addressed, but it's definitely something worth
exploring. But I'm confident in saying that I don't really have
the answers to as of yet, because it is... the informal
sector, people need to understand that it is. It has a
life of its own. It's, you know, it doesn't deal with the same...
you're dealing with language barriers, access to new
educational barriers, and other impediments that make it
difficult to you know to solve issues simply or effectively all
at once.