Civic and Patriotic Holiday : Ten Regions Join Bandwagon

The 5th edition of operation “Covid-19 Free Civic and Patriotic School, University and extra school activities holidays” is on the rail in all the ten regions of the country under the theme “Youth and Responsible Citizenship in the Covid-19 period.” After the official launch of the operation on August 26, by the Minister of Youth Affairs and Civic Education (MINJEC), Mounouna Foutsou, the campaign has been deployed to all the ten regions of the country. The aim is to awaken a defensive spirit within young actors in the community so as to enable them prevent the contamination of the Coronavirus in their respective environments and communities; mobilise and involve Youth Associations and Movements in the government's response strategy against COVID-19 as well as making young people aware of their vulnerability to contaminating the virus during holidays.
The operation, taking place from August 26 to September 26, 2020 all over the national territory, focuses on Civic Education, Youth Connekt and National Integration. It is done through audio visual manuals, soundtracks, social networks, traditional and face-to-face media. These activities, officials at the Ministry of Youth and Civic Education say, will give young people the opportunity to see and hear through digital and virtual platforms information  on the national symbols and emblems; and laws such as the 2019/024 of 24 December 2019, based on the General Code of Decentralized Territorial Communities.
Within the training of young ambassadors for peace, Multipurpose Youth Empowerment Centres (MYEC) in all the ten regions will organize from August 31, to September 1, 2020 the training of young people o...