The Environment Directorate in Aleppo, in cooperation with the "Basmat Amal" Foundation, carried out a cleaning and tree-planting campaign today, Wednesday, in the new Salam Park in the Aleppo New District, with the participation of children from the Foundation, on the occasion of the National Environment Day, with the aim of improving the park's condition and increasing its green spaces.
Engineer Ayat Daqqaq, head of the Awareness Department at the Environment Directorate, clarified that the campaign included cleaning the park and planting new saplings, noting that the park had suffered from accumulated waste and a shortage of trash bins, which led to the distribution of about ten bins during the activity.
Fostering cooperation and initiative among children
For her part, Yathim (Orphans) Affairs Officer at the Basmat Amal Foundation, Sara Aloush, explained that the initiative, titled "Make a Memory," was participated in by sponsored children, with the aim of enhancing their spirit of cooperation and initiative, pointing out that each child chose a sapling bearing the name of their deceased father or mother to immortalize their memory.
Child Zakaria Aaboud, one of the participants, expressed his happiness at participating in cleaning the park and planting a sapling in the name of his deceased father, noting that the children learned how to plant trees and maintain park cleanliness.
The celebration of the National Environment Day aims to enhance community awareness and responsibility towards protecting natural resources, reducing pollution, and increasing green spaces, through the concerted efforts of institutions, individuals, and the local community to achieve a clean and sustainable environment.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)
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