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Zabatak the anti-crime, anti-corruption initiative

Zabatak is a non-profit initiative led by group of young people that aim to fight corruption and to make Egypt safe and free from bribery and corruption. Politically unaffiliated and having no specific political orientation, Zabatak was established to gather information about criminal, corrupt or semi-legal activities that could be useful to the ordinary citizen. It has already become a reliable center of news.Zabatak also carries potential for further development.

Project Lead:

Abbas Ibrahim

Location:

Egypt

Weblink:

Zabatak the anti-crime, anti-corruption initiative

Coproducer:

Nagla Metwally, Ali El-Hefnawy, Mostafa Raafat, Amr Sobhy

Project Year:

Winning Projects 2011

Project Category:

Pursue Truth!

Ranking:

Winner

"On the 25th of January 2011, Egyptians called for social justice, change and freedom, values that are embodied in the Millennium Development Goals. People my age, including myself, started to care more about our country and feel responsible. That’s why I care about the MDGs: I wanted to share this heavy responsibility. Eradicating poverty, gender equalizing and alike values will not come to reality just by waiting for governments to work and realize them, but it will only happen when people start taking and sharing the responsibility themselves. Today is the era of people, we believe in the power of people.We will no longer wait for the change. We will make the change with our hands, because ideas alone will not achieve the MDGs, they must be put into action. I believe if we worked together: people, governments and UN, we shall be able to achieve the MDGs even before 2015." Abbas Ibrahim, Amr Sobhy and Mostafa Elmahdy

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Zabatak the anti-crime, anti-corruption initiative