Kids encouraged to love environment

MEDAN: An outbound camp in Sibolangit, North Sumatra, seeks to encourage teenage scouts to be more environmentally responsible.

Vice Governor Gatot Pudjonugroho officially opened the four-day camp, "Kampung Anak 2010" (Children's kampung 2010), on Thursday.

The inaugural camp last year had a peace theme.

Muhammad Jailani, from the organizing committee, said the program this year aimed to raise awareness about the importance of environmental preservation.

"Issues on global warming and environmental destruction have worried us all. We want those 1,000 kids to love the environment." - JP

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