The launch of Volunteer Week under the motto "Put the idea into practice", which will take place from December 1 to December 8, announced the First Lady, Andri Anastasiades at today's press conference of the Pancyprian Coordinating Council for Volunteerism (PCVC), held in Nicosia.
In her address, Mrs. Anastasiades, Honorary President of the PAC, reiterated the government's support to the volunteer movement, noting that as part of this support it created the Office of the Citizens' Commissioner by institutionalizing the legislative framework for the promotion of active citizenship and participatory governance.
Referring to the Volunteer Week, she said that through the promotion of our public benefit activities it suggests that "collective well-being and quality of life is the personal concern of every conscientious citizen" and is a worthy effort to highlight the importance, value and content of voluntary contributions.
The President of the PACE, Elias Demetriou, in his address, said that Volunteer Week has been taking place for 29 years with "the aim of mobilising the whole of society to organise voluntary actions".
Referring to the actions of the PACE, which was established in 1973, he said that they are divided into four main pillars, actions for society, actions for NGOs, actions to promote volunteering and actions to develop partnerships at all levels, noting that December 5 is International Volunteer Day.
He also mentioned that more than 420 NGOs are the current members of the WUA and said that during the Volunteer Week more than 330 actions will be carried out and more than 20 thousand volunteers will participate in the actions.
In particular, among the actions of the WUA during the Volunteer Week, there will be visits to shelters, collection of food and clothing, tree planting, carrying out a clean-up campaign in parks, etc.After the press conference, the MAA honoured the supporters of the action, including the Police, Strovolos Municipality, the Cyprus News Agency and other public institutions and private companies.
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