National President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya Australia) Waqas Ahmad says this year there were 29 sites across Australia and 900 volunteers comprising men, women, and children from their religious community took part in the annual Clean Up Australia Day on Sunday 3rd March.
"We able to raise $2000 nationwide", said Mr Ahmad.
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"One of our chapters took the top position in fundraising as well."
They are inspired by the teaching of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (May peace and blessing be upon him) who was reported to have said, cleanliness is half of faith, said Mr Ahmad.
"To engage with the wider Australian community it gives us an opportunity to mix with them, work with them and keep our backyard clean."
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In the future, they will try to make sure so that all of them take part in this event.
"Just to make sure every member of our community is taking part in this and making this very strong event in our calendar event."
Listen to Mr Waqas Ahmad's interview in English with SBS Bangla in the audio player above.
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