Spirit of the Youth Association for Environment

National Network
Egypt
Address

10 Girgis Eisa Street, Manshiet Nasser, Cairo Egypt
Cairo
Egypt

Telephone
(00202) 736 44 76
Telephone (other)
(00202) 341 76 63
Fax
(00202) 7364476 - (00202) 341 76 63
E-Mail
Laila@cid.com.eg
Mobile Phone
(002012) 212 79 72
Mobile Phone (other)
(002012) 58 23 686
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2004
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Democracy and community development
  3. Environment/Sustainable development
  4. Gender
  5. International/Cultural relations
  6. Youth and education
General Information
The association established by 35 young people, all of them are related to the community of the garbage collectors in Manshiet Nasser (Zabbaleen, Mokattam), it now includes 45 members, in the general assembly, 7 of them were elected as the board of the directors members. The association includes three programs: 1- the first is the recycling informal school for boys which includes 100 boys are poorest boys of the garbage collectors, the school has 6 sub-programs: the recycling, the literacy, the computer, the health, the social drama, the field tours and visits and the public relations, there are 6 supervisors plus the manager of the school. 2- The second is the garbage segregation at the source program which is being implemented in El-Zawia El-Hamra district in Cairo with 9500 households are being visited by 35 youth to be award how to segregate the garbage into tow component: organic and non-organic
Mission and Objectives

Brief Mission Statement of Organization:
Promote the community of recyclers and upgrade the trade for generations of youths.
Specific goals are:
1. Shape the development of our community by upgrading communities and families of garbage collectors and recyclers, by providing health, education and environmental services
2. Train youths on source segregation of waste in order to promote recycling and establish youths as makers of environmental programs, projects and practices.
3. Facilitate access to income generating opportunities for youths with a focus on recycling.
4. Provide drop outs from formal educational system with non formal learning opportunities and integrate them into the formal system whenever possible.
5. Transfer know how to other youths and communities
6. Protect the environment by providing cleaning services, environmental protection and tree planting
7. Engage neighborhood youths in implementing community based projects

Main Projects / Activities

Project Objectives
1. To test a pilot project on a number of households (5,000 – 10,000) to source segregate household waste into wet and dry
2. To train public awareness team on the public awareness campaign for source segregation of residential waste
3. To implement an awareness campaign among residents on the benefits of segregating household waste into wet and dry.
4. To train garbage collectors on how to collect source segregated household waste.
5. To generate higher income through recycling unsoiled non-organic waste, and open up opportunities for expanding business and creating new jobs for the Zabbaleen.
Stakeholders
1- International Center for Environment and Development (ICED)
2- AMA Arab (AAEC)
3- Garbage collectors in Ezet El Nakhl
4- Residents in the units designated by AMA Arab in the Northern zone of Cairo
5- The Cairo Cleansing and Beautification Authority.

Contact (1) Full Name
Dr. Laila Rashed Iskandar
Head of the organisation
Ezzat Naem Guindy
Contact (2) Full Name
Ezzat Naem Guindy