Rewan Saied

I’m Rewan Saied. I graduated in the faculty of languages and simultaneous interpretation English department at Al-Azhar University. I’ve been interested in civic engagement for four years, and since then I’ve participated in projects based on achieving sustainable development goals. Through this impressive journey, I worked in many projects and programs that tackle the following goals: quality education, gender equality, climate action, life below water and life on land. I learned to run an advocacy campaign to promote gender equality, and then after attending LCOY 16, I tended to focus on climate action. My achievements in climate action can be classified as follows: First, in the social aspect, I worked on designing and implementing a social media campaign in order to raise awareness of gender and climate issues in Alexandria. then participating in a hybrid programme with the UK to promote cultural knowledge between Egypt and the UK about climate change. Recently, I’ve been working on a campaign about the circular economy. Second, I had the honour to participate in a project for the British Council to tackle climate change impacts through debates and writing policy papers. It was the turning point in learning about public policy and how climate change policy works. Recently, I got an opportunity to learn about writing NDCs and NAPs, and I had the chance to write a local adaptation plan on smart fishing and how it can promote fishermen’s economic circumstances. Finally, the environmental aspect, which I consider to have the direct and fastest impact, is that I participate in beach clean-ups, replace disposable products with sustainable ones, reduce food waste, know about reducing carbon footprints in transportation and energy, and most importantly, encourage other people to do the same things.