EGYPT: AUSTRALIAN 'CLEAN-UP THE WORLD' CAMPAIGNERS REMOVE GARBAGE FROM CAIRO STREETS.

Record ID: 347524

  • Title: EGYPT: AUSTRALIAN 'CLEAN-UP THE WORLD' CAMPAIGNERS REMOVE GARBAGE FROM CAIRO STREETS.
  • Date: 30th September 1997
  • Summary: AL-FUSTAT DISTRICT, CAIRO, EGYPT (SEPTEMBER 30, 1997) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. LV: CAIRO GENERAL VIEW 0.07 2. MV/CU: SIGNS SAYING "CLEAN UP THE WORLD" (2 SHOTS) 0.18 3. GV/MV: STUDENTS PREPARING TO "CLEAN-UP" AREA/ BROOMS AND SPADES (3 SHOTS) 0.31 4. CU: AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR MICHAEL SMITH SAYING THE IDEA BEHIND THE CA
  • Embargoed: 15th October 1997 13:00
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  • Location: CAIRO, EGYPT
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  • Country: Egypt
  • Reuters ID: LVABWCMXBUQMVDD8UIVPBBV5YOHW
  • Story Text: INTRO: An Australian-based campaign to clean up the world arrived in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Tuesday (October 1) and removed heaps of garbage.

    -------------------------------------------------------------------- One hundred and fifty university students -- joined by diplomats from the Australian embassy in Cairo -- swept up piles of lining the streets of one of Cairo's oldest districts, al-Fustat, which used to be the capital of Islamic Egypt more than 1,300 years ago.

    The Australian Ambassador to Cairo Michael Smith says the idea for the campaign was not governments, but the people themselves who were taking responsibility for their own environment.

    The "Clean Up the World" project originated in Sydney seven years ago and has been visiting Egypt for the last four years aimed at ridding Cairo of its reputation as one of the most polluted cities in the world.

    But Fustat residents say that a one-day clean-up is not sufficient to restore their neighbourhood to its former glory.

    Ahmed Hassan, a student at Cairo University, hopes the event will increase awareness among local people and create a desire to keep their environment clean.


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