• ROOTA is  a non profit Canadian Charity whose mission is to raise the  educational and economical standards of the poor.  ROOTA donors are currently supporting a marginalized community in Egypt - the trash collectors (the Zabaleen) by working with a local civil society organization (the Association for the Protection of the Environment- APE).
• ROOTA donors provided sewing machines and home looms for the Zabaleen women to be economically independent and relieve poverty.
• ROOTA donors also provided  textbooks for the students, chairs and desks for the classrooms, stools for kindergarten children and IPADS for students to enhance education and literacy.
• A Condensed Literacy Program (CLE) for adults and further financial assistance is planned for the fall.
• Following literacy classes, students sit for a government exam and are evaluated with a success rate of almost 100%. ROOTA visits twice yearly to monitor proper accounting of funds.
• There are approximately 65,000 Zabaleen and ROOTA assists through APE 80% of the population.

-Daycare : 250 students

          -Primary school 250 students

                   -Preparatory school: 250 students

     -After school program: 200

                               -Adult Literacy : 156 passed government exam in 2018