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المملكة: Riyadh Municipality sets a world record in the Guinness Book of Records

Recorded Riyadh Municipality Through the Riyadh Initiative, volunteers set a new world record in Riyadh Launching an initiative "Riyadh volunteers" On December 8, this year, through a unified volunteer day in which the largest number of male and female volunteers participate to carry out environmental and field work in various neighborhoods of the capital, with the aim of improving the urban landscape and raising the quality of life, within the Municipality’s initiatives that are compatible with the goals of Saudi Vision 2030.

The initiative’s work paths

The initiative’s work was divided into a number of paths: general volunteering, skilled volunteering, and professional volunteering, according to several scopes determined based on the priorities of environmental and visual needs, and locations. With dense populations and different regions.

The initiative targeted broad participation from government agencies in the sectors of education, health, environment, transportation, and sports, and security and military agencies, in addition to the private sector, secretariat partners, the non-profit sector, media agencies, sports and health clubs, and government and private leaders.

The initiative focuses on achieving a direct, measurable impact that includes the number of implemented sites, the amount of waste collected, the number of seedlings planted, and the level of participation. Volunteers.
In addition to supporting the continuity of environmental and social impact through sustainable partnerships that work to enhance community participation in city improvement work.

Establishing a culture of effective volunteering

An initiative comes "Riyadh volunteers" Within the framework of the Secretariat’s endeavor to establish a culture of effective municipal volunteerism, and to enable the city’s residents to contribute to improving their urban environment through influential actions that contribute to developing the capital and enhancing the quality of life in it.

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