Meeting with " 350.ORG "

 On Tuesday the 12th of February, 2013 we had a meeting with Mr.Mohamed Barakat the representative of the Organization of  " 350 " ; or as he prefers to describe it " 350 Movement "



350.org was founded by U.S. author Bill McKibben, who wrote one of the first books on global warming for the general public, and a team of university friends.


350.org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis

350.org works hard to organize in a new way—everywhere at once, using online tools to facilitate strategic offline action.
350 means climate safety. To preserve our planet, scientists tell us we must reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere from its current level of 392 parts per million to below 350 ppm. But 350 is more than a number—it's a symbol of where we need to head as a planet.

 we hope we can join them soon in a joint project through which we can serve our community.......

http://350.org/

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Ghada El-Ashry

Community Service Director

" Fajr El Tanweer for Blind People "

We always have this misconcept about blind people, that they have a disability that holds them from acting as normal members in our society; that they can’t manage visual or written missions an ordinary man can do except with Braille method …..

Inorder to help erase this misconcept and shed the light on these people we decided that our serive project for this year should cover this area.

During our 1^st visit to "Fagr El-Tanweer" organization all we had in mind is just trying to help them doing small stuff ; but we were really astonished with their minds, abilities, visions & attitude ……

Smiles never leave their faces; they are open minded with so many goals for a better future.

However in the 2^nd visit we knew exactly what were their real problems and how can we help. Starting with the small computer lab that can serve 12 prsns /session. PCs were delivered to them by the Ministry of Communication but can’t work properly as the devices are not updated or maintained…..

We started to setup windows for the computers; upgrade the working computers and separte them from the old and malfunctioning ones.
After finishing the Computer Lab we started to check the rest of the devices in the place to see if they are ok and we found out they were tool old to be prepared.

We left also copies from CDS (Windows, and other programs) so they can use them any time …..

At the end they asked us if we can help them with the Braille printers as the ones they already have are very old & the new ones are very expensive; they cost about 40,000 L.E /unit

Guys , we encourage you to help them keep going , stay always updated & in touch with the society. Kindly find their website below :)



http://www.fajraltanweer.org/arabic/index.asp

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Community Service Committee

" SCHADUF "

SCHADUF , was always known as an old device which was used by farmers to lift up water , nowadays there's an organization who gave the word a wider meaning by expanding the idea of farming fields to " ROOF"  , Yeah roofs ,Now it's possible to have our own green areas ,organic food & profitable project .

Mr.Sherif ( CEO of SCHADUF ) explained to us today how useful roofs could be  , from his experience in America (Louisiana) .  that really affected the  plans of both his brother & him to estbalish such a company a year ago

 

 

 

They give you the required materials , seeds ,  prepare  your roofs or any ventilated & sunny place to plant any sort of  vegetables . They also give you simple presentation to teach you how to manage everything  in addition to regular visits to check up on your little farm

 

And if you are looking for profit, they can buy all your harvest or what exceeds your needs
It was such an interesting idea 

We are hoping we can cooperate with them soon in a mutual  project to help the environment & us

:) 

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Community Service Committee