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Caring For Earth Made Fun
By Patricia Kotovich, TG Magazine youth journalist
In recent years, the youth of the Middle East have been actively
involved in cleaning up their countries. Children and youth of
three nations in particular: Egypt, Jordan, and Israel are doing
their part in acknowledging their responsibility toward the
coastline.
These youth were inspired by their country's Ecopiece program.
Ecopiece is a non government organisation of Egyptians, Jordanian,
Palestinians, and Israelis who have a common goal to promote
sustainable development in the Middle East. As a result, over one
hundred countries have joined together, organised by Australia's
Clean Up campaign and the United Nations Environmental program to
pursue "International Clean Up Day."
More than 150 Egyptian youth were inspired by a conference in
Sharem El-Sheikla which honoured the head of the Egyptian
Environmental Affairs Agency, The Governor of the South Sinai
Province and the Mayor of Sharem. The young people
enthusiastically participated in beach clean ups, the production
of brochures and other public awareness materials and
activities.