In the Vitebsk region, more than 44,000 children were recuperated during the summer season
The issue of health improvement and employment of children in educational institutions and health camps of the Vitebsk region was considered at a session of the regional Council of Deputies.
This issue, as emphasized by the Chairman of the Regional Council of Deputies, Vladimir Terentyev, is under the constant control of all authorities.
The head of the Vitebsk region's deputy corps focused on the tasks to be addressed by the next health improvement campaign. After analyzing the camps' activities last season, it became clear that the operating schedule needs to be changed to a four-to-five shift system, more attention should be paid to sports and military-patriotic camps, and allocated funds should be used rationally for more comfortable and fulfilling rest for children.
The main issue was discussed in this context.
Snezhana Titova, Head of the Representative Office of the Regional Department of the Republican Center for Health Improvement and Sanatorium-Resort Treatment of the Population, emphasized that 1,645 more children received health improvement in our region during the summer campaign compared to the previous one. 716 camps of all types operated in the region, with approximately 3 million rubles spent on their preparation.
Despite the opening of three additional suburban camps in the Vitebsk region over the past three years, the problem of a shortage of places has not been fully resolved. The opening of another suburban stationary health camp in the Postavy district on the premises of the Guta basic school is planned for next year.
Only 615 day camps operated on the basis of general education and sports schools in the region, where 26.3 thousand children received health improvement. In 78 of these camps, 1,440 teenagers were involved in various forms of employment. The children performed work on landscaping, furniture repair, plant care, sewing of work clothes, etc. The students received wages for their work.
Another 95 camps functioned as sports and recreation camps, accommodating 8880 athletes. 128 camps and sessions with round-the-clock and daytime attendance were established on the basis of military units and formations, where 4.3 thousand teenagers were involved in defense-sports and military-patriotic activities, and 24 specialized Ministry of Emergency Situations sessions were held.
In the camps, special attention was paid to the health improvement of children in need of social protection, emphasized Snezhana Titova. Approximately 1700 orphans and children left without parental care, 595 children with disabilities, and 5.5 thousand children from large and low-income families were covered by various forms of health improvement activities. For these categories, 467.3 thousand rubles were allocated from regional, city, and district budgets to supplement the full cost of vouchers.
The health improvement and employment of teenagers classified as difficult were under special control. Over a thousand teenagers were involved in various forms of health improvement activities and labor activities.