What+I+learned+about+Cairo

Cairo is in Egypt. Most people that live there are Coptic Christians which means garbage collectors. Zabaleen people take garbage collecting REALLY seriously. 80% of the trash is recycled in the zabaleen community. Some people in the the Zabaleen community live on $1 per day. That mean you should be proud of what you make instead of always wanting more because some people have to get by on very little.Zabaleen people learned to get money from reselling recycled materials.They used some of their profits to help their community. They have a recycling school called Non-Formal Education Project to teach Zabaleens to recycle. They taught 150 children in the past 6 years.

I think the zabaleen people are dedicated hard working people because it would take hard work and dedication to recycle thing an reuse recycled thing and sort through all the garbage. I also think they are nice people because they give some profit to their community to help out.

Go Zabaleen people!

Sources: www.npr.org