Dia organization concludes youth camp [Archives:2003/669/Local News]

The French Dia organisation concluded its three-day youth camp it had organised in Taiz on 15-17 September. The camp was held at rural training centre, affiliate of Taiz office for agriculture and irrigation.
The camp aimed at activating youth role and encouraging them to participate in society development. The Dia organisation in Yemen Gerome Comilleau pointed out that the camp was part of the social activity, adding that future would be made by youth and that ''makes them the most important segment of the society,'' wishing them to benefit from the camp and discussing their problems. The social project coordinator Ms. Cecilia said the camp would contribute to volunteering work among youth and was part of projects of the organisation.
Mr Ayoob al-Qasimi, in charge of information and social activities at the organisation said “the camp aims to activate the role of youth and motivate them for serving the society and encourage them to conduct dialogue with others.''
The program of the camp included a number of lectures on the meaning of social incorporating and the importance of incorporating the poor people in the society, the role of the young people in development, problems of youths and the volunteering work, in addition to art, sport and entertaining activities.
30 females and males from different institutions and sectors including 15 from the marginalized groups participated in the camp.
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