A media volunteer group held its second media volunteers conference on Wednesday night at the Dar Al-Uloom University’s auditorium in the Saudi capital.

“This conference aims to teach people to help others by disseminating information through the media,” said Hani Mogbil Al-Moqbil, the volunteer group’s team leader.

He expressed hope that the conference would encourage others to take up his group’s cause and join the campaign.

He also thanked the SEC, PSYC and the Dar Al-Uloom for helping make the event a success.

Some 1,000 Saudi men and women in separate sections of the auditorium attended and endorsed the event, which was being held by the group for the second time.

Al-Moqbil added that the dissemination of information deemed of social interest could also be presented in shows or exhibitions in various venues. Al-Mogbil, also the PSYC executive director, is one of the original founding members of the group.

The others include Saeed Al-Jabber, Khaled Al-Ogaily, Yasser Al-Omary and Khaled Al-Foheed, who is vice president of the Association of Disabled Children.

The event, which had two sessions, was held with the sponsorship of the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) in collaboration with the PSYC.

“The SEC is sponsoring this event as a way of fulfilling its social responsibility,” said Jeddah-based Sultan Al-Jahdali, an engineer representing SEC on the occasion.

The first session presented news-sharing, with different media outlets expected to disseminate whatever information they receive to the community. TV footage was shown on the screen on stage.

The second session aimed to engender volunteerism among members of society as a “way of giving a little of our time and of ourselves.”

Sulaiman Abdulaziz Al-Salem, announcer and producer at the General Radio & Television Authority (GRTA), lauded the group for its initiative, which was being held for the second time.

“I hope this group’s effort will pay off,” he said. “Volunteer associations have also been formed to do their share in the campaign to help others by sharing important information with the community,” he said.

A Riyadh-based Arabic daily newspaperman said the event “engenders among media practitioners the interest to allocate time for social causes.”