Muslim youth help fight graffiti
Jennifer Moreau, Burnaby Now | Wednesday, July 01, 2009
As part of an annual day of volunteering, 40 Ismaili youth will clean up local graffiti.
This Sunday, a band of local youth will be putting paint brushes to walls along a graffiti-ridden neighbourhood in Burnaby.
It’s part of an initiative called CIVIC, which stands for Challenging Ismaili Volunteers In Communities.
Here in Burnaby, the city’s anti-graffiti coordinator is getting a helping hand from 40 volunteers from the Ismaili Muslim community. They will help paint over graffiti in an effort to reclaim the community and discourage taggers.
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This year’s CIVIC day is July 5. Roughly 180 youth around the Lower Mainland will be volunteering, planting trees, cleaning up parks and working in soup kitchens.
Shelin Adam volunteers to help coordinate the projects. She says the principle of volunteering has long been a pillar within the Ismaili community.
“The community is very big on the ethic of service and giving back to the community,” she says.
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