| 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. |