#22 KHALIL RADI: Buy food with Plastic - NGO

"What would you do if I would give you a 100,- ?"💰⁠

... "I would buy food for the children" - Nicaraguan local⁠

⁠May I introduce Khalil Radi to you. Khalil is trying together with his team to make this world a little better place 😊💖⁠

He recognized the three main problems in Nicaragua: The problem of hunger, unemployment and plastic.⁠

And what he has put up to solve these issues, leaves me speechless.⁠

⁠✨And this is his story ✨⁠

"Buy Food with Plastic" came up as a response to the environmental and political issues that I encountered while traveling with my friend in Nicaragua summer of 2018. We saw plastic along the shorelines and the political crisis that escalated simultaneously had severe consequences for the tourism industry. Many hotels and restaurants along the coast were forced to close since few foreigners came to Nicaragua. When we saw that families in the communities struggled to provide food for their children, it became clear: if locals would help to collect plastic – they could use plastic to pay for a meal! 🥣⁠

The idea was well received in the communities. Many people participated in our events and around 25’000 plastic bottles were collected and used as building material for a new house in the community. Our vision is to continue to implement the project all over the world and create a movement to raise awareness about how plastic is valuable, as well as extremely hazardous, if not taken care of. ⁠ ⁠⁠

✨In this episode you will hear ✨⁠

♻️Where the idea for this project came from⁠

♻️How he contributes to a better life for the locals⁠

♻️How he organizes everything with his team⁠

♻️Difficulties he faces⁠

♻️What his goal is for the future⁠

♻️What YOU can do to support the project⁠⁠

AND he explains what we can do in our everyday life to have an impact !⁠ if each person would help a person with poverty, we would not have poverty. We have the possibility to make a contribution!😊⁠

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Khalil Radi, Founder of the NGO Buy Food with Plastic⁠ www.khalilradi.com ⁠ ⁠

www.buyfoodwithplastic.org⁠ ! ⁠

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