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Cleaning Campaign
El Zaar is a small village, located in Minya Governorate. The residents suffer from piles of garbage waste including the village canal banks. The environmental development and community empowerment & sustainability programs cooperated and organized a cleaning campaign with the local council in Delga and integrated the residents of the village. In addition, the program established a waste management committee to discuss the problem of waste management fines and garbage compilation in the village, and made several initiatives to overcome this problem. Finally, the committee and the residents succeeded to remove 148 tons of waste from local streets.
Key Achievements in 2021-2022
Health and Environment knowledge and practices in the targeted communities are improved
- 82% of beneficiaries adopted ecofriendly practices.
- 79% of beneficiaries remove garbage waste with clean & safe methods.
- 88% of beneficiaries adopted consumption rationalization practices.
Coptic Orthodox Church signed a protocol with the Ministry of Environment.
- The agreement was singed by His Holiness Pope Tawadros II and the Minister and launched the environmental declaration to support the government's efforts in environmental preservation and climate change mitigation. In addition, the church published an environmental document regarding this matter.
Aligning with the governmental direction:
- the program contributes to the "Go Green" initiative in 12 regions by planting 80 trees and 2,000 fruitful trees
Networking with the Ministry of Social Solidarity
- The Ministry conducted training for 1,825 trainees to spread ideas and teach recycling techniques, three of which were selected to be trainers at the Ministry. This program is a pioneer model as it provided an opportunity for women to create recycling projects at the lowest cost.