In Argentina, prevalent printed political propaganda pollutes the visual landscape like graffiti on steroids.

Political campaigns will frequently print thousands of poster-sized advertisements and then use a starchy liquid to plaster them onto flat surfaces such as the outer walls of buildings. Even after elections are over, the ads remain posted, bereft of any purpose and stains on the natural beauty of Argentina.

Church members, working under the fine-tuned Mormon Helping Hands program, helped last month to rid more than 30 miles of roadway in a major Argentine city of obsolete political ads. On Sept. 26, 172 church members, including 24 missionaries, teamed up with another 50 volunteers from a community program called the Clean City Foundation for a day of service called "Zero Posters" that literally gave a face-lift to Resistencia, capital city of the province of Chaco.


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This story is provided by the LDS Church News, an official publication of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is produced weekly by the Deseret News.