Under the patronage of Prof. Dr. Sherif Fakhry, President of the Egyptian Russian University, the activities of awareness youth campaign (1- 12 November 2020) began for the third year in a row. The campaign aims to raise awareness about the harms of smoking and drug abuse, and the importance of awareness to achieve success.
It is worth noting that the campaign is held annually in cooperation with the Addiction Treatment and Control Fund. The activities include awareness seminars, some educational seminars, visits by teams of university students and volunteers from the Addiction Treatment and Control Fund to some schools and factories in Badr City.
The opening day of the campaign witnessed a football match inside the university. This was followed by a seminar in the university theater on the dangers of addiction. The seminar started with a documentary film about the university, then a documentary film about the achievements of the previous year’s campaign. The lecture was given by Dr. Ibrahim Askar, Director General of Preventive Programs at the Addiction Control Fund, Dr. Muhammad Mustafa: Forensic Medical Expert at the Ministry of Justice and Professor Amira Rajab: Assistant Supervisor for Preventive Programs Department at the Addiction Treatment and Control Fund. The seminar was attended by a group of students from the university’s faculties: the Faculty of Pharmacy, the Faculty of Engineering, the Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, and the Faculty of Management, Professional Technology and Computer. The university, through Professor Hana Abdel Rahman, the pioneer of student activity at the university, honored the lecturers at the end of the day.