With an event at the Volunteer Monument and the lighting of candles, the Limassol District Coordinating Volunteerism Council honored this year again the International Volunteer Day, which is celebrated on December 5.
In a statement, Limassol Mayor Nikos Nicolaides said that today's event has a strong symbolic value and sends messages of love, compassion and solidarity during a festive period.
"I could not imagine our society without the support of voluntary organisations," he said, expressing, on behalf of the Municipality and the citizens of Limassol, "our appreciation and our love and admiration for the Volunteer Council and the thousands of volunteers who all these years offer and support those in need and send examples to make our society brighter, warmer and more humane."
In addition, the President of the Limassol District Volunteer Coordinating Council, Stavros Olympios, said that "volunteering is a value that we should all serve with love, because by serving our fellow man, we feel our hearts being enlightened and warmed because individualism creates the opposite, The response of volunteers, he continued, during the difficult days of the pandemic and the crisis, "was really excellent, because they tried to cover every need, whether it was illness or lack of material goods, and volunteers even offered companionship to people who needed it."
The response of volunteers, he continued, during the difficult days of the pandemic and the crisis, "was really excellent, because they tried to cover every need, whether it was illness or lack of material goods, and they even offered companionship to people who needed it.
Finally, he thanked the Limassol Municipality for the concession of the site where the Volunteer Memorial was erected and inaugurated in early 2022 by the President of the Republic. "It is the first Pancyprian and Panhellenic and possibly global monument to honor the unknown volunteer," Olympios concluded his statement.
Source: CNA
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