Dear friends,
Here at last is the report on our visit to the plastic recycling project that many of you have supported.
Two important and very good news: Thanks to a large donation from friends in Hildesheim, the project can be continued. The rather primitive small-scale operations of the waste collectors for plastic recycling have taken a big step forward.
This will certainly improve the overall plastic recycling of the waste collectors in Cairo. The aim is to create jobs here, where sources of income were lost after the loss of the pigs last year.
The other good news is that we have now also been able to integrate a women’s component. The women waste collectors have been particularly affected by the loss of the pigs. In future, care will be taken to ensure that priority is given to promoting recycling companies that also employ women. Jobs for women are mainly in the pre-sorting of plastic waste and in “finishing”. In the latter, they use knives or small scissors to smooth out the burrs that are created when the plastic sandals, clothes hangers etc. are pressed.
The accounting of the project’s expenditure is really professional. Not a cent goes to waste!
We hope that the project can continue. There are enough requests for support and the training and education component is of course also very important.
Many greetings – thank you to all donors,
Your Fouad and Barbara
