RIYADH: Saudi scholarship students abroad recently held a 12-day campaign to promote Vision 2030, the plan launched by the government to reduce the country’s dependence on oil.
The campaign was organized by the 2Saudis Group with the help of 19 groups on social networking sites and included the participation of Abdullah Al-Mouallimi, Saudi Arabia’s permanent representative at the United Nations in New York.
It was launched in Philadelphia on May 2 and included students studying in Australia, Britain, Canada and Ireland, according to a local media report on Wednesday.
Scholarship student Afaf Al-Basieies said on her account that the vision launched by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman would only be realized with the participation of young people, who have the energy and drive.
Dua’ Al-Swiri, responsible for the campaign’s communications, said that 107 people volunteered their free time to help with creating awareness on social media sites.
The volunteers included Wael Mohammad Al-Inizi, a lecturer at King Saud University and on a scholarship in Australia; Nora Al-Thumairi, a former scholarship student who was in the United States; Talal Al-Hamedi, head of the Saudi Club in Pennsylvania; and Faris Al-Malki, head of the Ambassadors Group in the United Kingdom.
A representative of the 2Saudis Group Abdullah Al-Sultan met with Al-Mouallimi in New York at the end of the campaign.