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Village on the edge
Egypt
November 15, 2009
Village on the edge
At first sight, with the women of Al-Hassanein Village washing their clothes and cookware on the banks of the Nile,…
Can worms solve Egypt’s garbage problems?
Egypt
November 9, 2009
Can worms solve Egypt’s garbage problems?
The government has commissioned the Center for Agricultural Research, a subsidiary of the Ministry of Agriculture, to develop a plan…
Govt seeks to ditch foreign garbage companies
Egypt
November 2, 2009
Govt seeks to ditch foreign garbage companies
The government is currently looking for ways to terminate contracts that were signed in 2002 with French, Spanish, and Italian…
Shubra students collect garbage before class
Egypt
October 19, 2009
Shubra students collect garbage before class
There are no longer any complaints about damaged desks, broken windows or ramshackle bathrooms -- the secondary school at the…
Giza park converted to garbage dump
Egypt
October 6, 2009
Giza park converted to garbage dump
Local sanitation authorities in the Giza governorate have converted a public park in the Warraq district into a makeshift garbage…