Yuriy Gagarin Children recreation camp 

of Armed Forces of Ukraine

            The Yuriy Gagarin Children recreation camp of Armed Forces of Ukraine is an out-of-school educational establishment. The aim of the activity of the camp is:

recreation – a complex of special measures, aimed at restoration of physical and psychical functions of organism of a child, their  social activity;

health improvement – a complex of social, educational, medical, hygienic, and sport measures, aimed at improvement and strengthening of physical and psychological heath of children, which are implemented in the camp during   recreation shirt.

            The direct management of the camp is fulfilled by the directorate of the camp.

            The characteristic of methodical and mass work and educational process is determined by the Central administration of educational, social and psychological work of the Armed forces of Ukraine according to suggestions of the camp director.

            The characteristic of the health improvement and medical process is determined by the Department of health care of the Ministry of defense of Ukraine.

            The planned workload of the camp is 255 children per shift. The shift duration is 21 days. During health improvement season 5 shifts are organized.

            The first shirt – from 02 of June till 22 of June inclusive; the second shift – from 25 of June till 15 of July inclusive; the third shift – from 18 of July till 07 of August inclusive; forth shift – from 10 till 30 of August inclusive; fifth shift – from 01 till 21 of September inclusive.

            In the camp the teams are formed, each including 2 groups of 14-15 children. The groups and teams are formed according to age and interests of children. The direct management of the team is performed by the educational  worker and his/her aid. Every shift should include 7 groups with 28-29 children each.

   To the camp the children aged 8-14 years inclusive are accepted. The age of a child is determined on the first day of the trip ticket.

         A child is accepted to the camp according to the following documents:

- a trip ticket, certified by an official seal (a privilege ticket must also bear a stamp of a military unit, where the father or the mother of a child does military service)

- a photocopy of the birth certificate of a child;

- a certificate from a district doctor about state of health and done necessary vaccinations;

- a certificate from sanitation physician about absence of epidemic environment of the child in 24 hours before leave to the camp;

- a document about payment for privilege ticket.

         A trip ticket to the camp is a document, which certifies the right of a child to receive health improvement services. There are commercial and privilege trip tickets. The cost of each type of the ticket and their proportion is estimated every year by the Central administration of educational, social and psychological work of Armed Forces of Ukraine according to the nutrition norms, cost of public utilities, expenses for purchase of material values and other indexes and is authorized in the budget estimate card for the next budget year.

The distribution of trip tickets is performed by the Central administration of educational, social and psychological work of the Armed forces of Ukraine according to the submitted applications.

A dismissal of the child from the camp is made:

- at will of parents or persons substituting them;

- at the decision of educational workers council for systematical breaking of internal regulations;

- on the basis of medical certificate about the health state of a child, which proves the impossibility for a child to stay in the camp any longer.

       An unfounded dismissal of a child from the camp is forbidden.

      The camp promotes healthy lifestyle, provides children who stay there with:

-    defense of life and health;

-    proper conditions for full health improvement and recreation, development of their creative abilities, physical training, tourism, environmental work and regional studies, constructive social work, mastering of other useful skills etc.

-    free choice of kinds of activity and leisure pastime;

-    use of material, technical, cultural, sport, health improving and educational basis of the camp;

-   free expression of their opinions, thoughts, beliefs;

-   protection from any form of exploiting, violence from educational workers and other personnel of the camp, propaganda of religious beliefs.

             Children who stay in the camp must:

-   follow the inner regulations;

-   increase the general  cultural level, master knowledge, skills and practical experience of healthy lifestyle;

-   follow moral and ethical norms

-   keep safe the state, communal and private property;

-   take possible part in social constructive work

         The educational process in the camp is performed in accordance with individual possibilities, interests, tastes and abilities of children, with consideration of their age, psychical and physical peculiarities, health state and with usage of different organizational forms of work and other forms of work, provided in regulatory legal acts.