UoP youth camp commences

Event includes discussions on cleanliness, climate change and eco-tourism

PESHAWAR:

The sixth Natives Youth Camp event has started under the aegis of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Culture and Tourism Authority (K-PCTA) and The Natives in the Bara Gali campus of University of Peshawar (UoP).

The inauguration ceremony was attended by Managing Directors The Natives, Farhad Khan, Asif Khan and large number of students.

About 50 students from K-P, Sindh, Balochistan, Punjab and Azad Kashmir are participating in the camp. Various sessions, including discussions, dialogues on cleanliness, climate change and eco-tourism are part of the event. These sessions are meant for awareness among the participants.

The five-day camp is jointly arranged by KPCTA, the Department of Youth Affairs K-P and the Strengthening Participatory Organisation (SPO).

Speaking on the occasion, participants shared that the event would help highlight the importance of eco-tourism, aware people of the hazards of climate change and promote scenic tourist attractions of the province.

They said that the event is being held for the last six years and the training sessions being conducted in the camp has oriented students about the significance of a clean environment and also provided them guidelines to implement these in their daily lives.

During camp the students also carried out an awareness walk on cleanliness and also participated in a cleanliness campaign in Barra Gali, Donga Gali and Ayubia Pipeline Track.

Such activities are meant to promote the culture and tourism of the province through students who jointly collaborates with CTA for a better, clear and green K-P.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 18^th, 2023.