In order to organize health improvement and recreation, ensure maximum employment for children and adolescents during the autumn holidays from October 30 to November 7 (inclusive) 2023, 388 daytime health camps were organized in the Gomel region on the basis of institutions of general secondary education, additional education for children and youth, 8 of them at specialized educational and sports institutions, where 9,428 children were treated.

About 245 thousand rubles were used from the republican budget to improve the health of children in the Gomel region.

The amount of government funds to reduce the cost of a voucher to a health camp with a day stay for at least 6 days was 5 rubles 00 kopecks per one bed-day for each voucher. The parental fee for a trip to a day camp was set in the amount of an additional payment up to the full cost of the trip.

The average cost of a trip to health camps, depending on the age of the child, was: for children 6-10 years old - 34.98 rubles, 11-13 years old - 39.92 rubles, 14-17 years old - 43.15 rubles.

The work of the camps was organized on the basis of orders from the education, sports and tourism departments of the Gomel city administration and the education departments of district executive committees with an approved operating schedule, three balanced meals a day according to the age categories of children, a drinking regime and daytime sleep for younger schoolchildren.

When enrolling children in the camp, preference was given to children from large, low-income and single-parent families, children from foster and guardianship families, who are in the special education system and are subject to various types of registration, on intra-school control, with developmental disabilities and requiring increased psychological and pedagogical attention. Individual work was carried out with these children by a psychologist and a social teacher.

Health camps operated in compliance with sanitary, anti-epidemic, fire and other requirements for organizing children's health.

Primary school teachers, social workers, educational organizers, music, physical education and health teachers, and librarians were involved in the camps.

In order to organize interesting and varied health and recreation for children and adolescents during the autumn holidays, health and educational programs were developed. Activities implemented in the camps were aimed at preserving and strengthening the health of children, developing civic, patriotic, environmental and spiritual-moral education, preserving Belarusian traditions, developing creative potential, preventing injuries, developing rules for safe behavior on the roads, near water bodies, in the event of an emergency fire.

Events were planned in the camps of the Rogachevsky district within the framework of the Year of Peace and Creation:

- quiz “My homeland is Belarus”, “Do you know Belarus?”, intellectual game “I love Belarus”;

- excursions to the Museum of People's Glory, "Les Saldata", the city House of Books, enterprises in the city of Rogachev, the Church of the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky.

When planning the work of autumn camps in the Svetlogorsk region, the emphasis was placed on the civic and patriotic education of children.

In this regard, thematic events were held during the holidays:

excursions to museums (State Institution "Svetlogorsk Art Gallery "Tradition" named after German Pryanishnikov", State Institution "Svetlogorsk History and Local Lore Museum", State Institution "Svetlogorsk District House of Crafts"); one-day hikes to memorable places in the Svetlogorsk region “History of the native city.”

During the autumn holidays, many educational events were held at the institution of additional education for children and youth. Prepared: master classes “Zroblena in Belarus”, “Second Life of Things”; hours of creativity “I grew up here and this region is dear to me”, a series of photo lessons in the online format “Autumn Mood” on the social networks VK, Instagram; creation and display of clothing models from recycled materials “Eco Fashion”, participation in the regional environmental campaign “Energy Saving Month”.

Students from health camps in the Khoiniki region took part in the preventive campaign “First Vacations. Become more visible in the dark" with the participation of traffic police officers. Activities carried out within the framework of the republican fire prevention campaign to prevent fires and the death of children from them in the housing stock “For Safety Together” have been implemented.

Excursions were conducted to enterprises and organizations in the region: KSUP "Sudkovo", the border post of the city of Khoiniki, State Forestry Institution "Khoiniki Forestry", KFK "Kozeluzhye AGRO", Khoiniki production site of OJSC "Milkovita".

As part of the implementation of the educational and educational project “Career guidance excursions - the professions of our parents,” students of the Prudkovskaya secondary school in the Mozyr district, together with their parents and teachers, visited the “Red Mozyryanin” confectionery factory. The visit to the factory left a sea of positive emotions for the children, where they learned not only the history of the factory, the main stages of production, but were also able to taste their favorite sweets.

The tour of the production workshops made an indelible impression on the young sweet tooth.

The set of activities during the autumn holidays in the camps made it possible to rationally use the vacation time, preserve and strengthen the health of children, solve the problems of civic, patriotic, environmental and spiritual-moral education, preserve Belarusian traditions, develop creative potential, prevent injuries, and formulate rules of safe behavior.