AL-AHSA: During the first half of this year, Al-Ahsa municipality enabled 5,027 male and female volunteers to contribute to the implementation of 525 volunteer opportunities related to the municipal and housing sectors, amounting to 157,394 volunteer hours.
This is in line with the objectives of the Saudi Ministry of Municipalities and Housing to improve quality of life and humanize cities, in addition to strengthening the goals of sustainable development by activating partnerships with various sectors and individuals, and instilling a culture of volunteerism among them.
Some of the volunteers took part in Al-Ahsa's community cleanliness program. (SPA)
Al-Ahsa Mayor Essam bin Abdullatif Al-Mulla explained that the areas of volunteer opportunities included: Public cleanliness, community monitoring, building compliance, event organization, monitoring visual distortions, and environmental preservation. He said that these opportunities achieved an economic return of SR6,346,349 ($1,700,000).
Khalid Al-Arji, general director of the Partnerships and Community Responsibility Administration, said that enabling male and female volunteers in municipal volunteering fell within the municipality’s objectives to enhance its role as a government sector in serving the community and developing human resources, stemming from the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.
Volunteers take part in Al-Ahsa's tree-planting program. (SPA)
