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2021 World Literacy Awards Ceremony
If you did not have a chance to attend the event, here is the video regarding the award presentation.. ROOTA is mentioned at the minute 20:20 as being short listed out of 450 participants. Thank you to you our supporters who help us serve the marginalized community of the Zabaleen of Egypt. Take a listen.
ROTARY BASIC EDUCATION & LITERACY- April 2021
ROOTA offers Adult Learners from the Zabaleen Community the gift of Literacy
APE
(Assocciation for the Protection of the Environment) supports the holistic development of the community of garbage collectors in Cairo by providing income generating programs, education and health programs and supporting the empowerment of women.
Garbage Dreams
An award winning documentary that "follows three teenage boys into the trash trade and growing up in the world's largest garbage village on the outskirts of Cairo."
The New York Times: Sprawling Mural Pays Homage to Cairo's Garbage Collectors
The artist, eLSeed used more than 50 buildings as his canvas to celebrate the Egyptian capital's trash collectors, who are largely viewed as second class citizens.
MARIE ASSAD - ENVIRONMENTALIST AND HER STORY WITH THE ZABALEEN
MARIE ASSAD: Environmentalist and Fighter Against Female Genital Mutilation
Rotary Club of Scarborough Welcomes ROOTA
In the fall of 2017 the Rotary Club of Scarborough hosted a speaker from ROOTA to talk about the work being done to help the Zabaleen of Egypt.