Syria’s Eagles group launches 400 initiatives

Since the outset of the terror war on Syria, Syrian youth have been involved in community and voluntary initiatives that proved their ability to carry out their responsibilities and to alleviate the crisis’s repercussions.

Among these youth groups is the voluntary Syria Eagles group [Nosor Syria] which launched about 400 community initiatives since 2011.

The group’s director Amer Abo Hamed told the official news agency (SANA) Tuesday that the belief in the homeland’s unity and duty of defending it in peace and war provoked many Syrian youth to be active through humanitarian and social support in several provinces.

“The number of volunteers in the group raised from 20 to 150 in Damascus regardless the volunteers in Sweida, Homs, Lattakia and Hama provinces… We always communicate with youth in some Arab countries, such as Iraq, Lebanon, Mauretania and Kuwait,” he added.

Hammed indicated that group had visited Syria Arab army’s soldiers to thanks them for their efforts, stressing that there are regular meetings between the group’s members to suggest new initiatives.

‘Bullets’ spikes’

In 2016, the group will launch an activity called ‘bullets’ spikes’ [Sanabel al-Rasas] to mark the 40th day of Samir al-Qentar martyrdom and will screen a documentary film on immigration.

On her part, Head of Public Relations in the group Dima Suleiman said that the initiatives of Nosor Syria are national, environmental, cultural, humanitarian and social.

Syria’s Eagles group have launched a campaign called “So that it would stay beautiful”, which aims to restore and beautify several locations in the Old city of Damascus.

Another campaign called “Our schools nicer by our hands” has been launched to beautify schools by drawing loved cartoon characters, according to the group’s facebook.

The group’s goals are to notify officials about citizens’ needs and complaints and to work on resolving these issues.

BasmaQaddour