8,000 youths take part in nationwide environment volunteer work campaign

Damascus, SANA Revolutionary Youth Union (RYU) launched on Sunday an environement volunteer work campaign across Syria under the title of Together Hand in Hand for a Beautiful Syria Again with the participation of 8,000 youths.

The campaign will run through August 22, with a variety of activities, including cleaning, blood donation, rehabilitation of parks and painting
walls in the colors of the Syrian national flag.

In a statement to SANA, Head of RYU Volunteer Work and Environment Office Solina Hamada said this initiative “reflects our belief that youths are an essential part of the homeland, and they have an active role to play in reconstruction and building the future of the country.”

Among the activities will be helping farmers in planting and harvesting crops as well as working at phosphate mines, Hamada added.

In the fraemwork of the nationwide campaign, a local campaign to carry out cleaning and painting activities was launched in Damascus starting from
the President Bridge in Baramkeh area.

“We want to be part of making our country more beautiful against all odds,” said Dana Rheima, echoing a shared view of the other participants.

Fadi Allafi/Haifa Said