Editor,Today is another Umuganda (community work) day. If you have not be to Rwanda before, every last Saturday of the month is dedicated to community service. We gather at the village level and carry out a public activity that has collectively been identified by the area residents. This takes place throughout the country, in urban and rural settings alike.Through Umuganda, the government has saved billions of Rwandan Francs over the years, and residents have managed to find homegrown solutions to their own local challenges, including constructing neighbourhood roads, bridges, clearing bushes, creating water channels, constructing houses for the vulnerable, building schools, among others.Through Umuganda we have realized that actually we posses so much potential as a nation to address most of the development challenges that we face, especially at the community level. The secret is to use our abilities wisely and plan together as a community.I urge everyone to spare a few hours this morning and join their immediate neighbours to – once again – play their part in the country’s continued development process.Jim GateraKigali