The Sharjah Girl Guides Commission launched two initiatives, allowing girls to participate in them remotely from homes, in order to continue their educational and awareness activities, and in implementation of preventive health and safety measures, which require the implementation of the social separation policy.
The first initiative came as an art competition entitled "Create for the Commission", during which the Commission invites women members to participate in submitting congratulatory drawings for the blessed month of Ramadan, Eid Al-Fitr, and to submit works electronically.
The competition targeted flowers (7-11 years), female guides (12-years old), and advanced female guides (16 years and over), and required the use of water colors, acrylic colors, wax colors, markers, or electronic drawing, as they will be used Winning boards to congratulate UNHCR accounts on social media.
The second initiative is a sports competition entitled "The 7000 Step Challenge", with the aim of encouraging girls to continue walking in their homes, and turning them into a daily activity to raise their physical fitness. The competition for flowers, guides, and advanced guides is based on forming a team consisting of two girls, each of whom completes 7,000 steps in their home, and the team that performs the most number of steps wins.
The steps are recorded through the Outwalk program, and the competition requires that the specified period of one week (29 March to 4 April) be adhered to, and that the activity be continued on a daily basis.
For her part, Director of the Sharjah Girl Guides Commission, Sheikha Al Shamsi, said: “Through these activities, we present a message in which we emphasize the continuation of our efforts to enrich the experiences of girls, refine their skills, and highlight their talents for their development and development, while at the same time promoting concepts of prevention and their personal and family safety measures ».
Al-Shamsi added: “The participation of girls from within their homes is an opportunity for parents to closely look at their energy and learn about the activities and competitions in which they participate, and the accompanying interaction between members of the same family about the activity or competition, and the interaction of affiliates among them through social media , Which enhances the family atmosphere and social familiarity, and raises the culture of prevention and the necessity of social separation ».
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The events organized by the Commission come within the program «Spring Challenges», which includes a series of fun challenges, which the participants will take from home, to challenge their abilities in many fields, while allocating valuable prizes to the winners.
Participation of girls from within their homes, an opportunity for parents to see their energy and learn about activities.