Annual volunteer youth camp fulfills its goals
Date: 16/09/2012      Time: 01:55:00 PM
 
A scouting official said the annual Volunteer youth camp witnessed wide participation in its various programs and activities from boy scouts, voluntary groups and sports clubs. Director of boy scouts and camping department at Kuwait's Public Authority for Youth and Sports (PAYS) and camp coordinator, Imad Al-Khamees, told KUNA on Sunday that the camp, which was organized by PAYS under the title of Citizenship and Youth March that concluded on Saturday, witnessed huge interaction by the participants. He noted that the activities included several seminars on the role of youth volunteering, enhancing the values of citizenship and developing minds towards building a better future for Kuwait. In addition, the events also included organizing a lecture and a workshop on the concept of national unity, by lecturer Dahham Al-Shammari, aiming at instilling the values of citizenship and loyalty and renouncing violence and factions. Al-Khamees added that PAYS is keen to set up such forums to develop youth's physical, moral, mental and artistic potentials as well as proving means to show their creativity in parallel with what it is offering to them of international participations in various fields. "The camp included the participation of comprehensive and specialized clubs such as Motor Sports Club, Kuwaiti Science Club, Salmiya Sports Club, Al-Tadhamon Sports Club, Al-Arabi Sports Club and Al-Jahra Sports Club," he added. Al-Khamees also pointed out the participation of the Department of Sports for All representatives from Kuwait's Committee for Youth Hostels, Kuwait Youth Theater, Al-Raya Group of Social Reform Society and many other volunteer and scout groups.