Dr. Ashraf Sobhy, the minister of youth and sports, visited Aswan governorate where he inspected a number of sports and youth facilities in the governorate accompanied by General Ahmed Ibrahim, the governor of Aswan, on Monday 21th of January 2019

Sobhy started his tour by participating in a sports marathon under the slogan of “save it in order to find it “, to save water. with the participation of General Ahmed Ibrahem and Dr. Mohamed Abdul Aaty, the minister of water resources

The marathon was attended by approximately 1000 young men and women from Aswan governorate

Sobhy went to inspect the Akkad camp, the youth city, the Aswan Stadium and the sports hall. To stand up the status of the infrastructure of these facilities and their needs for development. And directed to work on improving the efficiency of constructions of the Aswan Sports Stadium, and develop the youth city and increase the number of beds in the city to accommodate larger numbers of young people participating in the ministry's various activities

 Dr. Ashraf Sobhy also revealed the development of the Akkad camp according to the latest investment systems, and providing all the requirements and needs for the camp

As a part of his keenness on meeting the youth during his visits to the various governorates of the republic, Sobhy met a group of youth at the end of his visit where he reviewed the main axis of the ministry’s strategy and vision, including Adopting 81 small project, 3 projects in each governorate of the republic, for the youth and funding them fully. Through a competition and choosing the best 3 projects presented by the youth. And execute them inside the youth centers

Ahmed Ibrahim welcomed the Minister’s visit and thanked him for his desire to develop the constructions and sports facilities in Aswan in the next period. And for the programs and projects that will be executed specifically within Aswan this year, according to the decision of President Abdul Fattah El-Sisi, the President of the Arabic Republic of Egypt, considering Aswan the capital of the African youth 2019 and coincided with the assumption of the president to the presidency of the African Union

On the other hand, Mohamed Abdul Aaty, the minister of Water Resources, praised Dr. Ashraf Sobhy and Ahmed Ibrahim for their participation in the marathon, which was conducted in full cooperation and coordination between the ministry of youth and sports and Aswan governorate 

Sobhy expressed his happiness with this large youth gathering, which aims to spread the thought and culture of water conservation. He pointed out that sport plays an important role in achieving the sustainable and social development and spreading the cultural awareness in various fields