MARNS, Bainet

MARNS is a faith-based community organization mobilizing the residents of Bainet to protect their roads, their environment, and their health

MARNS stands for the Movement of Religious Actors for a New Life, and it is a faith-based community organization that was founded in 14 November, 2010.  Their vision was to mobilize their neighbors based on both their faith and their consciences to improve their community, and they now have 220 members.

MARNS began by mobilizing the community to work on repairing local roads through konbit, a traditional labor cooperative, and even improved one road to the point of it serving as a secondary road. They train the community on environmental protection, agricultural production, and community health.