Saturday, November 24, Rwandans in Egypt joined the Egyptian community in the fight against plastic bags, attracting over 100 people including; Rwandan students, army, Rwandan Imams on short-term courses to fight extremism, with some Egyptian locals who met at Saqqara in Egypt.
The Ambassador of Rwanda to Egypt, Sheikh Saleh Habimana told IGIHE that Umuganda activities were done in a bid to partner with Egypt for ushering durable development initiatives.
He said: “We did Umuganda activities by removing plastic bags which block drainage. We also showed Egyptians how the program to ban plastic bags was implemented in Rwanda to protect the environment.”
Egyptians asked Rwandans in the country to engage them in the last Umuganda activities of this year on December 29.
The Governor of Saqqara in Giza Governorate, Gen Labib said: “We want to adopt this program starting from next year so that it reaches the whole country. We ask you to help us do a big Umuganda session next month so that the whole nation will know about it.”
After Umuganda activities on Saturday, Rwandans in Egypt drove to the Rwandan Embassy in Egypt where they discussed different development issues.
During the October 2018 Umuganda, Rwandans in Egypt planted trees along the shores of River Nile at Al Haram in Giza Governorate.
In 2019, President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi will replace President Paul Kagame as Chairman of the African Union (AU).
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