Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Follow Up to Discussion of "Garbage Dreams"

Hands Along the Nile, the non-profit I interned for earlier this semester, does a lot of work with Egypt's Zabbaleen community. After watching the film, we talked in class about sustainability and how the community is going to have to adapt in the face of competition with larger contractors. When my supervisor was in Egypt earlier this year, she met a few of the people HANDS is working with in the Zabbaleen community and wrote a newsletter about one man in particular. Based on our discussion, I thought you all might be interested to see how this particular company is adapting/growing:

http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Eissa-s-Brave-Decision.html?soid=1110322785557&aid=tlgC6pmI6g8

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