AIESEC EGYPT PRESENTS NATIOANL GCDP EXCHANGE PROJECT
WHY? Environmental issues in Egypt are one of the most fatal problems facing the community. A very big part of this problem is because of the bad attitude by the Egyptians themselves. The problem is getting bigger and it is affecting people’s health and now Cairo became number one most polluted city in the world, so there is a point we found out that we have to take initiatives for being part of thinking green for our country and help the NGOs and the organizations that are working on the environmental sustainability.
Vision: “Reaching all people with different ages to be acting in sustainable way towards our environment�
Issues Addressed: Environmental Awareness Research and development Environmental Education
Stakeholders:
EPs Students & Youth
AIESECers
Think Green
Partners
NGOs/ Research centres
Edge of the Experience: - Having the room to be innovative and creative - Creating a passion and sense of the contribution for the environment - To be part of solving a global issue and affecting it through direct and indirect way - Environments that will help to have a new prospective and new ideas
JDs for the project and some samples: Awareness: 1- Intern will formulate interactive seminars to discuss environmental issues like global warming, threatened plants in Egypt, water crisis, and recycling garbage to underprivileged children. 2- The intern will also make the children plant rare plant species in their local community. 3- The intern will assign the children the task of photographing what they dislike about the environment in their community and have an interactive session on how to improve the environmental standard. 4- The intern will be responsible to teach the children the concept of re-using materials. 5- The interns will work together on making a documentary about their experience in Cairo and specifically in working on project Think Green to promote for environmental sustainability.
Logistics: 1- Deliver Fieldtrip to students (WESC offers more than 100 different field trips all related to and integrated with school curricula in the fields of life, environmental, physical and earth science to students ranging from 1st graders to seniors
2- Prepare reading materials and equipment needed 3- Update leaders' files on fieldtrips
Research and Development:
1- The intern will be required to do research activities with other interns. 2- The intern will collect and analyze data about the usage of resources like water on campus and outdoors. 3- The intern will be asked to write reports about the research or work being done. 4- The intern will be supervising other (non-AIESECer) volunteers 5- The intern will be doing office tasks and website work as well.