The New Year charity campaign "Our Children" will start in Belarus on December 9, BELTA was informed by the Ministry of Education.
The New Year charity campaign "Our Children" will start in Belarus on December 9, BELTA was informed by the Ministry of Education.
The campaign will run until January 8, 2017. Already a traditional event, it helps to draw attention to childhood issues, and to provide assistance and support to the most vulnerable categories of children who require special care and attention from the state and society, the Ministry of Education noted.
In 2015, top officials of the country, members of the Presidium of the Council of Ministers, members of the Presidium of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly, heads of local authorities, ministries, other republican government bodies, as well as banks and public associations visited over 200 children's boarding institutions, hospitals, and events for children from foster and adoptive families, family-type children's homes, children with disabilities, and children from large and single-parent families. In total, the campaign participants provided material assistance, equipment, and gifts worth Br3.1 million to children's institutions, including Br1.1 million of budget funds.
As reported, in 2016, New Year's celebrations will be held in all regions of the country for gifted and talented children, as well as for children in need of state support. Heads of republican government bodies, local executive and administrative bodies will visit children's boarding institutions and family-type homes, hospitals, foster and adoptive families, congratulate children on the New Year and Christmas, present gifts, and assist in resolving existing problems. Public associations and other organizations will also join the charity campaign.
The central event of the campaign will be the New Year's celebration at the Palace of the Republic. The event is scheduled for December 23, 2016. It will be attended by over 2,000 children from all regions of the country: students who are winners of olympiads, creative competitions, and sports events, leaders of children's public associations and organizations, orphans and children left without parental care, children with disabilities, and children from large, low-income, and refugee families.