Volunteer teams: We are working to help the country overcome the financial crisis

Volunteer teams: We are working to help the country overcome the financial crisis




08/07/2017 0:00

Contributed to the rehabilitation of schools and support for the families of the martyrs of
Najaf / Hussein Kaabi has
seen the last three years , a remarkable activity of youth volunteer teams, which began to appear strongly on the Square community activities, even surpassed many of the well - known institutions of civil society.
The activity of these teams has increased after the financial crisis that has gripped the country and fierce attack by the terror squads, called to shed light on its activities and the reasons for its emergence in this period.
Haidar Jassim, one of the founders of the team (you is a shepherd volunteer) »Sabah»: After the financial crisis that occurred as a result of lower oil prices and the terrorist attack on the country, it was necessary to take a position contributes to the support of the country to cross this critical stage, so we formed this team to contribute in the rehabilitation of some service facilities, as well as support for the families of the martyrs of the popular crowd and the armed forces have the right to all the sons of the homeland.
He added that the decline in activity of civil society organizations gave the field also to the emergence of volunteer teams, attributing the reason for decline in the work of these organizations to a lack of funding , both by international organizations or political parties that support many organizations, either volunteer teams, the activities rely on donations of its members from young people or actors good, so it has a large area of freedom of action.
He said Jassim said his team and many teams have adopted a lot of volunteer programs during the two years or the last three, including afforestation schools, painted and organize clean up the streets and public squares campaigns, and to help needy families in the building and restoration of the role or open a small income-generating projects. But Mohamed Hossam , who founded with a group of youth team (Cultivate tree), says that the team founded three years ago and aims at transforming the city into a green oasis through public squares and parks afforestation campaigns, it has managed during this period of planting thousands of trees and various plants, by launching seasonal campaigns in cooperation with the Municipality of Najaf and the departments
concerned.
For its part, says civil activist forbade al- Mayahi, said that the work of non - governmental organizations began to face a lot of difficulties , including the subject of financing, either volunteer work is a symbol of progress and prosperity of nations symbols, the more elevated the nation has increased the number of those involved - consciously in voluntary charity work. He adds that « the growing demand for social services in quantity and quality has become a challenge for the government, which requires the support bodies of the institutions of official state, especially as the teams volunteer favorite on official institutions and civil society organizations, due to the lack of complexity and simplicity».
Not without volunteerism Almarqlat, as Mayahi continues her speech by saying: «volunteer work is facing many obstacles because it is a free charity work needs time full - time physical possibilities, make the volunteer can work without pay, and the difficulty of navigating an obstacle to volunteer teams through difficult mobility workplace that volunteers were far from housing areas. »
In turn, media Ali Zahi: «The increase in the number of volunteer teams in Najaf comes for its services as a volunteer teams established in the neighborhoods need for cleaning work, agriculture or awareness campaigns - introduce the establishment of teams easy spread unlike civil society organizations that need a system that says internal and leave the headquarters and the administrative and financial revealed ».
Notes Zahi that there are dozens of volunteer teams in Najaf such as (fingerprint) and (youth change) and (Think OTHERS) and (you is a shepherd) and (Eve feminist) and (Najaf sons) and other teams founded soon.
He continues by saying: «As social networking on the spread and expansion of voluntary teams in Najaf programs helped, and the Facebook site the biggest role in the spread, through communication and the establishment of aggregates and put forward ideas and proposals», stressing that these teams not only work on social activities , but also contributed significantly to in assigning the holy war against terrorism, donation campaigns for fighters and some of them went to the fighting fronts to live with during the school holidays were organized, and many of them have supported the families of the children of the armed forces and the crowd
popular.

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