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The River Nile is one of the most polluted rivers in the world, especially in Egypt, where it receives waste water, rubbish, agricultural runoff, and industrial waste. The pollution affects the biodiversity and human health of the people who depend on the river for water, food, and transportation. Some of the pollutants found in the Nile are heavy metals, bacteria, parasites, and pesticides.
EGYPT TODAY 5 AUGUST 2022 - EGYPT LAUNCHES MAJOR CLEANUP CAMPAIGN ALONG THE NILE ON SEPTEMBER 17
CAIRO- 5 August 2022: Along the Nile River in
Egypt, the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources would carry out a major clean-up campaign of waste on September 17, coinciding with the celebration of the “World Cleanliness Day”, as part of the ongoing preparations for holding the Fifth Cairo Water Week and preparing for water activities during the upcoming COP27 climate conference.
In a statement issued by the Ministry on Friday, the campaign aims to protect and clean the
Nile River from pollution and
plastic waste, preserve aquatic biodiversity, and raise environmental awareness of the risks of water pollution.
“This major campaign to clean the Nile River will be recorded in the
"Guinness Book of
Records" as the longest campaign ever in the world, and a distinct opportunity as it is the longest cleaning campaign in terms of kilometers, with the participation of the largest number of participants, and the removal of the largest expected amount of waste’” said Minister of
Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel-Atti in the statement.
The campaign will be carried out in Cairo , Giza, Qalyubia , Dakahlia, Damietta, Gharbia, Menoufia, Kafr El Sheikh, Beheira, Beni Suef, Minya, Assiut, Sohag, Qena, Luxor, and Aswan, the statement added.
Recently, Youth Love Egypt' Foundation and Orange joined forces, under the auspices of the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources, to implement a campaign for cleaning the Nile
River ahead of
COP
27, on June 21.
The cleaning took place at the banks of Zamalek neighborhood, and the distance until Embaba Bridge. The outcome was collecting more than a ton of
plastic waste in burlap sacks.
The event is one of a series of activities scheduled for the time leading up to COP 27 to be hosted by Egypt in Sharm El Sheikh on November 6-18, and that are aimed at raising environmental awareness. In November, The Foundation
planted 2,000
trees, under the auspices of the Ministry of Irrigation and Giza Governorate and in cooperation with Thyssenkkrupp to adapt to
climate
changes.
FILM
POSTER - Draft poster art for the screenplay Cleopatra The Mummy.
EGYPT DAILY NEWS 9 OCTOBER 2022 - CIB CONTRIBUTES TO EGYPT'S LARGEST NILE CLEAN-UP INITIATIVE ACCORDING TO THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORD
Commercial International Bank (CIB), Egypt’s leading private sector bank, announced the launching of
Egypt’s largest Nile River clean-up initiative in collaboration with the Youth Love Egypt (YLE) Foundation on 29 September. The initiative entered the Guinness World Record.
The clean-up took place over 16 governorates overlooking the Nile and was held under the patronage of the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, the Ministry of Local Development, the COP27 Presidency, with support from the
United Nations reflects CIB’s consistent ESG efforts and leading role as an advocate for sustainable development.
This initiative aims to advance the role of civil society institutions in the governorates overlooking the Nile and to encourage the youth to play their role in preserving the Nile and to raise their awareness of the importance of recycling and waste management, protecting the river from pollution and plastic waste, and preserving aquatic biodiversity. The initiative is also contributing to the achievements of Egypt’s Sustainable Development Strategy and efforts by enabling citizens to live in a clean environment and have access to safe drinking water.
“We’re proud to have partnered with YLE to bring this initiative to life,” said Dalia Abdelkader, Chief Sustainability Officer at CIB. “CIB aspires that the initiative further evolves in partnership with YLE and in coordination with governmental entities to become a national campaign that ultimately restores the sanctuary and purity of
the
Nile.”
QUEEN
OF THE NILE - Long famous for their solar boats, the ancient Egyptian
pharaohs loved the river Nile. The most famous of all being Cleopatra
VII Philopator, who killed herself with the bite from a poison asp. In
a proposed fictional film, Cleopatra
is reincarnated from her DNA, on the discovery of her mummy. As per
her wishes to be reborn from the afterlife, as Isis. The former Queen of
the Nile then becomes fascinated with the Elizabeth Swann, and her
renewable energy source. Though this original ocean and climate awareness
story is fictional, the ship above is a real solar and hydrogen
powered marine study.
EGYPT TODAY 1 OCTOBER 2022 - EGYPT LAUNCHES THE LONGEST CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN ALONG THE NILE TO BREAK WORLD RECORD
CAIRO – 1 October 2022: With participation of 1,300 volunteers, Youth Love Egypt Foundation (YLE) launched the largest ever clean-up campaign of The Nile River from waste and plastic pollution, starting from Aswan in Upper Egypt to the Delta cities of Damietta and Desouq Ali, Rashid.
The campaign was launched in preparation for Climate Summit (COP27) due to convene in Sharm El Sheikh on November 6-18, the YLE, an observer member of the United Nations Environment Program and an observer member of the Framework Convention on Climate Change, said in a statement.
Cleaning operations were carried out via using boats, and hygiene tools to collect plastic waste floating along the Nile River, where 342 kilos of waste were collected in only Cairo Governorate.
The event was organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, the Ministry of Local Development, the Ministry of Youth and Sports, and the presidency of the Climate Summit 27, in addition to the support of the strategic partner from the Commercial International Bank, Coca-Cola representative of North Africa, partners like Thyssenkkrupp, Inovita and Green Wave.
The event was attended by 7 governors, along with a number of representatives of diplomatic missions in Egypt like the British and the Norwegian Ambassadors, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Egypt, the Director of the International Organization for Migration and the Director of the British Council, the statement added.
Additionally, the campaign was organized with the participation of five senior representatives of the private sector and a strategic partnership with the Red Crescent besides a number of lawmakers.
The largest coalition of NGOs, which numbered 33 members of the Egyptian Alliance for Climate Change that was established by the Youth Love Egypt Foundation last December, also participated in the campaign.
A central work room for the event has been established in cooperation with the Egyptian Red Crescent to follow up all the activities of the hygiene campaign in all governorates at the same time in Aswan -
Luxor - Qena - Sohag - Assiut - Minya - Beni Suef -
Giza and
Cairo joint - Qalyubia - Gharbia - Dakahlia - Kafr El-Sheikh – Damietta.
It is scheduled that the campaign would enter the Guinness Book of Records in the coming days to break a record for the longest clean-up campaign along a river in the world.
The outcomes of that campaign will be presented during the upcoming Climate Summit in Sharm El Sheikh, the statement said.
According to the web search results, the campaign was launched by the Youth Love Egypt Foundation (YLE) on September 29, 2023, with the participation of 1,300 volunteers. They cleaned the Nile River from waste and plastic pollution, starting from Aswan in Upper Egypt to the Delta cities of Damietta and Desouq Ali, Rashid. The campaign covered a distance of about 1,000 kilometers and collected 342 kilos of waste in Cairo alone. The campaign was organized in preparation for the Climate Summit (COP27) that was held in Sharm El Sheikh in November 2023. The campaign broke the world record for the longest clean-up campaign along a river in the world, and should be officially recognized by the Guinness World Records.
VERY NILE VeryNile was created in 2018 as an initiative that breaks boundaries through its wide range of ideas, strong commitment to action, and ability to bring together multi-sectoral volunteers and partners. The Nile is a symbol of Egyptian heritage and a source of life for Egypt. However, according to the World Economic Forum, it is also one of 10 rivers that contribute 90% of the garbage in the world’s oceans. By cleaning the Nile, raising awareness about the importance of reducing plastic consumption, and empowering local communities, VeryNile ensures that its impact is not just clear on a local and regional level, but on a global one as well.
VeryNile is supported by the Ministry of Environment. VeryNile is implemented by the Egyptian social enterprise Bassita. Bassita promotes and implements positive initiatives through building multi sectorial partnerships.
THE NILE COALITION
The Nile coalition is the first coalition of its kind, bringing together countries of the Nile Basin to all work together towards one purpose, cleaning and protecting the Nile. The first event of this coalition took place on September 18th where VeryNile and initiatives from Rwanda, Uganda, and Burundi all gathered to clean and/or plant trees around the Nile to help protect it from inorganic waste. The coalition united members, resources and intentions for the sole purpose of reviving the beauty of the Nile. This event included Uganda Junior Rangers, Greenwatch, Red Rocks Initiative, & Association Burundaise, supported by the German NGO One Earth One Ocean. The country representatives will be a driving force to help prioritize Nile protection on several nations’ agendas as well as mobilize public support and encourage unity and action to protect the Nile from all harmful waste.
CONTACTS
Partnerships & Sponsorships
alban@bassita.org
Media & Press Requests
Farah Whatsapp > 01140011399
Corporate Events
farouk@bassita.org
VeryNile at Cop27
alban@bassita.org & salma@bassita.org
Play with plastic upcycling workshops
salma@bassita.org & menna@bassita.org
Using our hub for a photoshoot
farouk@bassita.org
Lost trying to reach the island
Mohandessa Hana: 01227376372 & Mr Hany: 01223183082
RIVER
CLEANING INNOVATION
- Something styled
along the lines of the SeaVax above could
routinely cleanse river
water without adding to climate
change. Clean-tech could improve social conditions in many
locations around the world and help to reduce effluent discharges into
our oceans. Volunteers campaigned hard for five long years, in the hope of
obtaining EU and other funding in the midst of a Brexit
maelstrom - that effectively meant European veto under H2020,
from 2016 to 2022, but the political will was simply not strong enough
anywhere in the world, with the powers that be not wanting to give up
their free dumping ground: the ocean. Amidst mounting national debts, and
unsustainable policies, electioneering, and kleptocratic empire building.
As
plastic pollution, especially from ghost
fishing nets, worsens, eventually, awareness campaigns may galvanize politicians
to arms, except in the UK where under new legislation protestors are
routinely prosecuted for peaceful campaigns under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 and the Public Order Act
2023. Legislation that appears to conflict with the tenets of the Human
Rights Act 1998 and Universal
Declaration.
To
date (14 Jan 2024) SeaVax
is the only ship capable of recovering discarded
fishing gear. Sadly, the volunteers pioneering the project were forced
to abandon the project, to tackle their mounting mortgage arrears.
LINKS
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2022/4/eight-amazing-records-held-by-the-amazon-river-699306
https://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2022/10/09/cib-contributes-to-egypts-largest-nile-clean-up-initiative-according-to-guinness-world-record/
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/118146/Egypt-launches-major-cleanup-campaign-along-the-Nile-on-September
https://unsdg.un.org/latest/blog/cleaning-river-nile
http://verynile.org/
https://www.dpworld.com/our-insights/cleaning-up-the-worlds-longest-river
https://www.dpworld.com/our-insights/cleaning-up-the-worlds-longest-river
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2022/4/eight-amazing-records-held-by-the-amazon-river-699306
https://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2022/10/09/cib-contributes-to-egypts-largest-nile-clean-up-initiative-according-to-guinness-world-record/
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/118146/Egypt-launches-major-cleanup-campaign-along-the-Nile-on-September
https://unsdg.un.org/latest/blog/cleaning-river-nile
http://verynile.org/
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