Dr. Shakhwan Abdullah sponsors the volunteer campaign of the Al-Araqah Foundation for Culture and Development to plant trees and rose seedlings to increase green spaces, stressing his support for the initiative to plant one million trees and seedlings in order to improve the environment

Under the patronage of the Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, Dr. Shakhwan Abdullah Ahmed, and in cooperation with the Al-Araqah Foundation for Culture and Development and the Non-Governmental Organizations Department in the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, Today, Tuesday, 7/6/2022, the first volunteer campaign was held to plant a thousand seedlings of different types of trees and roses in the gardens and spaces of Parliament to increase green spaces, In the presence of Dr. Alaa Al-Mandalawi, President of the Al-Araqah Foundation, the general directors and employees of the Council, a number of journalists and correspondents of satellite channels and news agencies.

The Deputy Speaker of the Council, while attending the volunteer campaign and planting the first seedlings on the land of the Council of Representatives, stressed his support for the government initiative with civil organizations to plant one million trees and seedlings with the aim of improving the environment and plant diversity by increasing green spaces, trees and beautiful scenery, pointing to the importance of continuing efforts to improve the climate, reduce temperatures, reduce damage from carbon dioxide emission and reduce environmental pollution.

Media Office of the Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives
Tuesday 7 June 2022