On the health improvement of children in the Minsk region during the winter holidays of the 2020-2021 academic year

26-Jan-2021

In the Minsk region, during the winter holidays from December 25, 2020 to January 10, 2021, health camps with a day stay for children were organized on the basis of general secondary education institutions, institutions of additional education for children and youth, in which 7,723 students in 304 camps received health improvement. more than half of them are for rural children.

In all health camps, the necessary conditions were created to prevent infection and spread of COVID-19. All camps were equipped with personal protective equipment: antiseptics, masks, gloves. The detachments are formed no more than 15 people in each. For each detachment, playrooms are assigned, the stay of children is organized in strictly assigned places. Dispensers with hand sanitizer are installed at the entrances to buildings. Daily "morning filters" were carried out with mandatory thermometry in order to identify and prevent pupils with signs of respiratory diseases from entering the detachment. The unification of pupils from different detachments into one group is excluded. Cultural and sports and recreational activities were organized in the open air.

In children's health camps, first of all, orphans (177 people), disabled children (109 people), children from low-income (574 people), large (1,811 people) families were recovered. Much attention was paid to the employment and organization of leisure time during the holidays for adolescents prone to deviant behavior, children in a socially dangerous situation (331 students) registered with the juvenile affairs inspectorate (108 children). During the holidays, these children had the opportunity to visit associations of interests, participated in trainings, consultations of psychologists and social educators.

In order to organize the rest of students during the winter holidays, to strengthen the physical, mental and emotional health of children, conditions were created for the all-round development of the personality, the formation of positive qualities of the personality of students.
In general, the mass festivals, game programs, civil-patriotic, environmental actions and other events have become a favorable area for self-realization of students, their recreation and health improvement. Each educational institution during the winter holidays has become a comfortable and safe place for children to stay.