Students lead drive to clean up Pekanbaru

Students lead drive to clean up Pekanbaru

Thousands of junior and senior high school students in Pekanbaru
have set a good example in keeping their neighborhoods clean by
joining in a massive cleanup campaign on Saturday.

The campaign, organized by Pekanbaru's youth education and
sports office, involved some 60,000 to 70,000 students who, with
their teachers, cleaned up garbage not only in their school
complexes, but also along the roadsides and religious buildings.

"I'm happy to take part in this cleanup program," said David,
a student of SLTP 20 junior high school, while cleaning up the
front yard of the Al Ikhlas Mosque (see photo).

"Through this program we want to make them feel responsible
for the city's cleanliness. We also want to encourage the
community generally to help maintain the city's cleanliness
without having to rely only on the administration," said head of
youth education and sports office, Darius. (JP/Puji Santoso)