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Wide shot old Cairo, satellites and mosques 2. Medium wide shot of single roof, with mosque in background 3. Woman closing door and walking up steps to roof 4. Woman and boy...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eDarb El Ahmar, Old Cairo, Egypt - May 28, 2012\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide shot old Cairo, satellites and mosques \u003cbr/\u003e2. Medium wide shot of single roof, with mosque in background \u003cbr/\u003e3. Woman closing door and walking up steps to roof \u003cbr/\u003e4. Woman and boy walking up roof to the garden\u003cbr/\u003e5. Various of woman and boy picking vegetables \u003cbr/\u003e6. Close up shot of courgettes on a plate\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Ragya Mohamed, Housewife, from Cairo\u003cbr/\u003e\"The most important thing I've gained from this initiative is that it has provided me with good healthy food, so I don't have to buy vegetables sprayed with insecticide from the market. Now I am able to grow my own nutritious vegetables for my children and me. Also, aesthetically speaking the roof has become a really beautiful place.  Before it was different, I used to throw anything broken onto the roof and it became a big rubbish dump infested with insects\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Mid shot of tortoise eating lettuce on the floor\u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide shot of mother rummaging through foliage\u003cbr/\u003e12. Medium shot of mother rummaging through foliage\u003cbr/\u003e13. Close up shot of mother picking cucumber \u003cbr/\u003e14. Various of mother and son watering garden \u003cbr/\u003e11. Mid shot of tortoise eating lettuce on the floor\u003cbr/\u003e16. Wide shot of woman walking through roof gate\u003cbr/\u003e17. Various of Ragya and other woman talking \u003cbr/\u003e19. Top shot of woman walking down the street\u003cbr/\u003e20. Long shot of same woman walking towards camera\u003cbr/\u003e21. Wide of skyline\u003cbr/\u003e22. Various of rooftops stacked with rubbish\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eRoof Top Garden Office, Darb El Ahmar, Old Cairo, Egypt - May 30, 2012\u003cbr/\u003e21. Medium wide woman sitting at desk\u003cbr/\u003e22. Close up shot of hand on mouse \u003cbr/\u003e23. Close up shot of computer screen with thumbnails\u003cbr/\u003e24. Closer up shot of enlarged pictures \u003cbr/\u003e25. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Ghada Ahmed, Project Manger Darb El Ahmar District \u003cbr/\u003e\"The weekly visits that I do with participants are a necessary part of the process without which people would not be able to continue. I am always checking up on participants on the phone and if someone calls me with a problem I go to them. People also come to my office with questions about which seeds they can sow, how to relocate existing plants and if they relocate them whether they have to change the container or if they can just cut a plant to make new shoots.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eEin Shams University, East Cairo, Egypt - May 31, 2012\u003cbr/\u003e26. Close up shot of women in lab coats at work\u003cbr/\u003e27. Medium wide of students and professor in front of computer\u003cbr/\u003e29. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Dr Osama El Beheiry, Professor at Ein Shams University in Cairo \u003cbr/\u003e\"Our dream is to have a national project to improve the overall health and wellbeing of Egyptians. It would start with Egyptian children. They need to be fed healthy vegetables with lots of vitamins and without any pollution or pesticides. They also need to have clean air to breath. If this happens in 20 years time their health would become much better and even their state of mind would change. Therefore this would a holistic improvement for all Egyptians.'\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eDarb El Ahmar, Old Cairo, Egypt - May 28, 2012\u003cbr/\u003e30. Tilt down of mother and son picking vegetables\u003cbr/\u003e31. Woman and son bring vegetables into kitchen\u003cbr/\u003e32. Close up of hand washing tomato \u003cbr/\u003e33. Various of mother and son preparing vegetables \u003cbr/\u003eWherever you are in Cairo the skyline is usually dominated by high-rises, smog, and satellite dishes. \u003cbr/\u003eBut thousands of rooftops in poorer areas of the city have begun to turn an unlikely colour: green.\u003cbr/\u003eA project called 'Rooftop Gardens' is helping lower income families fight food shortages by growing their own vegetables. \u003cbr/\u003eHigh-rise buildings, mosques and smog dominate the Cairo skyline. \u003cbr/\u003eRooftops are often dusty places, typically used by people as a dumping ground for broken furniture and rubbish.\u003cbr/\u003eIn 'Darb El Ahmar', a dilapidated district on the outskirts of old Cairo, the view is changing however and the rooftops are turning a new colour: green.\u003cbr/\u003eA five-year initiative called the 'Rooftop Gardens' managed and funded by the UNFAO  (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation) and Cairo's Ein Shams University is encouraging people here to break with old habits by cleaning up their roofs and turning them into green areas to grow vegetables.  \u003cbr/\u003eRagya Mohamed is a long time resident of the area and mother of three who is now using her roof to cultivate cucumbers, tomatoes, courgettes, and herbs like mint, and coriander. \u003cbr/\u003eRagya says that the most important thing she's gained from the initiative is the ability to grow nutritious healthy food for her family as opposed to having to buy the vegetables from the market that are sprayed with insecticide. \u003cbr/\u003e\"The most important thing I've gained from this initiative is that it has provided me with good healthy food, so I don't have to buy vegetables sprayed with insecticide from the market. Now I am able to grow my own nutritious vegetables for my children and me. Also, aesthetically speaking the roof has become a really beautiful place.  Before it was different, I used to throw anything broken onto the roof and it became a big rubbish dump infested with insects\"\u003cbr/\u003eTending to the garden has become a family affair and Ragya's 10-year old son Luai helps her water the garden and pick the vegetables.\u003cbr/\u003eEverything in Ragya's garden from the wooden containers, water hoses, soil, and seeds is being funded by the 'Roof Gardens' initiative. \u003cbr/\u003eIt is then her responsibility to maintain the garden and reap the benefits.\u003cbr/\u003eGhada Ahmed comes to visit Ragya's garden every week to make sure things are running smoothly.\u003cbr/\u003eGhada was the first person to join the 'Rooftop Gardens' project as a participant during its initiation. \u003cbr/\u003eAfter actively growing her own garden, she is now responsible for managing the project in this district, visiting 30 homes in the area every week.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The weekly visits that I do with participants are a necessary part of the process without which people would not be able to continue. I am always checking up on participants on the phone and if someone calls me with a problem I go to them. People also come to my office with questions about which seeds they can sow, how to relocate existing plants and if they relocate them whether they have to change the container or if they can just cut a plant to make new shoots.\" she says. \u003cbr/\u003eOn the other side of town at Ein Shams University, the founder of the project Dr Osama El Beheiry is busy at work with his PHD and Masters students.\u003cbr/\u003eDr Osama conducted tests to establish the efficacy of 'Roof Gardening' as a viable form of urban agriculture. \u003cbr/\u003eThe team used lab experiments to prove that roof gardening can significantly reduce carbon monoxide emissions in the air, harmful U.V rays, and even bring down the surrounding temperature to offset the effects of global warming.\u003cbr/\u003eDr Osama sees 'Rooftop Gardens' as being part of a broader initiative to advance Egyptian society. \u003cbr/\u003e\"Our dream is to have a national project to improve the overall health and wellbeing of Egyptians. 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