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Tribune News Network
Doha
FRIENDS of Nature recently welcomed My Gym Children's Fitness Center Manager Ilham Afiouni and her team to educate the little visitors of Ezdan Mall, Al Gharafa, on the benefits of physical activity in a healthy environment.
The children's fitness centre is an American franchise designed with the collaboration of doctors, psychologists, physiotherapists and many other professionals who work on fitness programmes according to different age groups. The facility has a child-friendly equipped gym with all the necessities and offer dependent classes (six weeks until three years old) with the parent's participation as well as independent class from 3 1/4 years up to 11 years old.
Once or twice a month, Friends of Nature invites different organisations to help educate the community and increase environmental awareness. These organisations get to conduct fun educational activities about what they do and how it benefits the community or the environment.
"We would like to see more local businesses, ministries, institutes and other organisations join us in our vision because an educated community is a community that prospers," said Fatma Hassan, program/event coordinator at Friends of Nature.
Alicia Astasio, assistant manager and ballet instructor at My Gym Qatar, said:"My Gym Qatar has two branches which are My Gym Children's Fitness Center and Contours Express Women's Gym. Friends of Nature gave us this wonderful opportunity to present some of our activities for the kids and represent ourselves."
"For us, the kids are very important because they are the future and, in order to have a healthy life, it is important to do physical activity. And of course, we think the combination of nature and good environment makes it easier and more enjoyable. It's wonderful to see these initiatives in a mall and we are happy to be at Ezdan Mall and to experience their #GreenDream campaign. The kids are having a wonderful time."
My Gym Children's Fitness Center provides children with different classes where they can develop their skills physically and psychologically. It has a child-friendly equipped gym with all the necessities and offer independent classes with the parent's participation as well as independent one-on-one classes with the trainers.
Leonard Albort, guest relation representative at the Ezdan Mall, Al Gharafa, said:"Having this event from Friends of Nature with My Gym Qatar is really great. We are pleased to have them at the Ezdan Mall. This event really helps a lot of kids, bringing happiness and joy and encourages positive fitness."
