USAID Egypt - Life Red Sea Project: Hamata Part 1.flv

The USAID/Egypt Livelihood and Income from the Environment (LIFE Life Red Sea project) supports the Red Sea Governorate among other counterparts to promote sustainable natural and cultural tourism development in the southern Red Sea coast which meets the needs of present tourists and local residents while protecting and enhancing economic opportunities for the future. USAID/Egypts assistance has lead to the declaration of the protection of 14 new islands in the Northern Red Sea; the project has provided twenty-five students from marginalized local communities with the opportunity to enroll in a three-year tourism program in the German tourism school of El Gouna; a community based solid waste systems in Marsa Allam, Hamata and Shallateen; Geographic Information System (GIS) software, materials and training was provided to the three counterparts of the project; and the project is currently procuring equipment that will double the production of drinking water and triple electricity coverage in select small villages (from 8 hrs. to 24 hrs) and upgrading a local primary school facility in the area and establishing two offices for the Red Sea Parks in Wadi El Gimal, Hamata and Shalateen.

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