Jihad Al Binaa trains 16 women environment extension workers in Baalbaq

Jihad Al Binaa Development Association- Bekaa, completed last Thursday in Baalbek a five-day training workshop for women environment extension workers in cooperation with Hezbollah women’s committees. The 16 women participants in the training were introduce to the following topics: sorting waste from the source; garbage recycling; rational use of energy and water; profile of Lebanon trees; home plants care; incidence of chemical substances in every day life and food safety. The workshop was concluded with field trips to a sewage treatment station located in Ei3at, to a biogas plant, an atmospheric and water generator facility and a solar electricity plant all located at Martyr Abbas Musawi Center in Duress. Closing the tour, Jamileh Mustafa, responsible for Hizbullah women’s committees in Beqaa underlined the important role of Jihad Al Binaa in environment and the duties of women activists in promoting eco-culture. (Al Diyar, September 20, 2015)