Give the future for kids from the ATO zone

Summer is the time for bright impressions and recreation for school students. And it is already the second summer that is gray and painful for the whole Ukraine. Many children witnessed what the war is. We want to help teenagers to escape from the warfare that is painful for the whole country. The aim of the summer integration camp in the Carpathians is the integration of teenagers from different regions of Ukraine for them to make friends with each other and dispel negative stereotypes about regional differences between the "west" and the "east" of Ukraine.

Social developmental project of Business Community Club NGO "Ticket to Success" endeavors to arrange summer integration camp in Yaremche (Dora), which will be held from July 26 to August 5, 2015. Teens aged 14-18 years from the ATO zone, teenagers from internally displaced families, teenagers, whose parents are combatants in the ATO and other teenage participants seeking themselves are invited to participate in the camp.

The main objective of "Big Game for TEENS" integration camp is to establish contacts between young people of different social status and life stories, to develop their personal skills through interactive work methods. During this camp teenagers will be able to spend time actively, to discover their capabilities and develop the team work skills through interactive games and tourist competitions.

The whole camp is built in the form of the "Great Game", where the next day follows from the previous one, with no established schedule, and rules of conduct are defined by the very participants of the camp. Each camp day will have its own developmental topic. At the end of each day the teams will analyze their achievements and seek solutions to their own challenges.

The money needed to rent premises in Yaremche (Dora) in Ivano-Frankivsk region has been already raised. There is a house located in the area, where in case of rain up to 150 people can live. It is equipped with showers and toilets; there is cold and hot water supply. The camp venue is fenced and the street lamps will light the camp territory during the night. An important fact is that Dora village is located just 2 km from Yaremche, and in case of need itwill not take long to get to a doctor.

Psychologists who will work with teenagers of different social categories will participate in the camp. Despite all the difficulty of the life situation of part of these children, it is important for them to be surrounded by peers who are not directly familiar with the word "war". Information about their life stories as part of the camp is closed – it will allow them to be themselves and not to think about the situation at home.

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