Improvement of children in the Gomel region during the autumn holidays of 2021

15-October-2021

In order to organize the health improvement and recreation of children and adolescents during the autumn holidays of the 2021-2022 academic year in the Gomel region, it is planned to organize the work of 380 day-time health camps at the bases of general secondary education institutions, additional education for children and youth, of which about 10 - at specialized bases educational and sports institutions, in which 8600 children will be provided with health improvement.

For this purpose, more than 215,000 rubles have been allocated from the republican budget for the health improvement of children in the Gomel region.
The amount of public funds to reduce the cost of a voucher to a health camp with a day stay for a period of at least 6 days will be 4 rubles 20 kopecks per bed-day for each voucher. The parental fee for a trip to a camp with a day stay is set in the amount of an additional payment up to the full cost of the trip.

The average cost of a ticket to health camps, depending on the age of the child, is planned in the amount of: for children 6-10 years old - 36.5 rubles, 11-13 years old - 40.3 rubles, 14-17 years old - 44 rubles.

According to the Regulation on the procedure for organizing children's health improvement in health, sports and health camps, the work of health camps is organized on an application basis. To enroll a child in a camp with a day stay, parents (persons replacing them) submit a written application, respectively, to the educational institution at the child's place of study, a specialized educational and sports institution, a secondary school - an Olympic reserve school. Children are admitted to the camp with a day stay on the basis of orders from the heads of these institutions and organizations.

Traditionally, special attention in the region is paid to the health improvement of minors from large, low-income and single-parent families who are in a socially dangerous situation and are subject to various types of registration, under school supervision, students from large and low-income families, children from foster and foster families. When enrolling children in the camp, these children are given priority.

The overstaffing of health-improving shifts and their beginning in conditions of an unfavorable epidemiological situation in terms of the incidence of coronavirus infection COVID-19 in the administrative territory is not allowed.

The work of health camps will be organized in compliance with sanitary, fire safety and other requirements for organizing children's health improvement. In order to minimize the risk of the introduction and spread of COVID-19 infection in health camps, the implementation of sanitary and anti-epidemic measures recommended by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus will be ensured. The camps will be provided with disinfectants and antiseptic agents, personal protective equipment.

The management of the recreation camps is taking measures to ensure the safe stay of children. Action plans are being developed to prevent the introduction and spread of COVID-19 infection, and actions to be taken when a disease is detected. When carrying out cultural events, it is planned to maximize the separation of children and ensure their maximum stay in the open air.

In order to organize interesting and varied leisure for children in the camps, health-improving and educational programs for the stay of children on health improvement are being developed. The set of measures planned during the autumn holidays is aimed at patriotic, spiritual and moral education, the formation of rules for the safe behavior of children, as well as the preservation and strengthening of their health, taking into account the emerging epidemiological situation.