Certificates for women in domestic waste recycling

In cooperation with Makhzumi Foundation and the Italian Armadilla Association, the Center of Azza and Irki for Sports, Environment and Social Development in Zaharani, the South, distributed yesterday certificates to women participants who completed a 2-year environmental crafts sessions. The workshops, organized by the municipalities of the towns of Azza and Irki, came as part of the ‘Improvement of Environment for the Promotion of Sustainable Development and Comprehensive Growth’ project funded by the European Union. The beneficiaries had the chance to acquire needed skills and technical aptitudes for crafting, as well as, raise their environmental awareness, particularly on minimizing, upcycling and recycling of waste. In addition, participants were trained on how to explore economic prospects of their artisanal activity, through the setting up of individual business, which will promote social and economic empowerment, and therefore, independence and self-reliance of women. (Al Diyar, December 29, 2016)