Overcoming the odds?

From: Jordan Times (Amman, Jordan) | Date: April 13, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Linda Hindi

Apr. 13--AMMAN -- Success can mean many things to different people. It may be overcoming the odds, making money, winning competitions or successfully serving your community. But for the members of the Jubba women's society, it is all of the above. The society took on the unconventional task of cleaning cattle manure from the streets of Jubba to produce fertilisers and planting soil. The project hit two birds with one stone by generating income and tackling an environmental and health hazard in their community. Naafa Ibrahim Al Zebon, head of ...

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