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VOINews, Jakarta - Youth Red Cross (PMR) participants from ASEAN countries expressed their pleasure and pride to be able to attend the National Level IX PMR Encounter (Jumbara) in Kalianda District, South Lampung Regency, Lampung Province.

One of the participants from Singapore, Sandra Ang, in Kalianda, Monday, said that she really appreciated the National Jumbara activities held in South Lampung.

"I am proud to be able to come to Indonesia, especially Lampung in participating in this national PMR Jumbara, the committee and the people are friendly," Sandra Ang said.

She said, in the Jumbara activity she really liked the cultural parade, where PMR participants from various provinces throughout Indonesia displayed their cultural diversity. "When participating in this PMR Jumbara activity, I am most happy when I see the cultural parade because I can see various tribes and cultures in Indonesia," she said.

She also said that the enthusiasm of South Lampung residents was very high for the activity, where during the cultural parade people were willing to wait on the shoulder of the road to see and take photos of the Jumbara participants.

"And the enthusiasm of the community is also very crowded, during the cultural parade many residents invited our photos, I am happy to be able to come to Lampung, the people are good," she said.

Furthermore, Adib Zainul Zaky, a participant from Brunei Darussalam, said she was impressed with the activities carried out in South Lampung.

"I learned a lot in the Jumbara activity, where I was not only taught about red cross activities, but about devotion to the environment such as planting mangrove trees," said Adib.

He said that the lesson he enjoyed the most and would never forget was during the mangrove planting activity at the Jumbara event.

"I was very impressed, there were many lessons learned. And this happened to be my first experience too," he said.

He also said that although he had difficulties in planting the mangrove plants, the activity was very important to make the younger generation aware of protecting and maintaining mangrove trees.

"Although we faced difficulties when planting, the activity made us realize the importance of mangroves for coastal resilience," he said.

The Jumbara held in South Lampung was attended by 34 provinces throughout Indonesia and 12 friendly countries.

The number of participants from friendly countries was 45 people from 12 countries namely America, Brunei Darussalam, China, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Laos, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Timor Leste, and Italy. (Antaranews)