Summary of summer activities for children in 2024

On the afternoon of August 19, the Provincial Summer Activities Steering Committee held a summary and evaluation of summer activities for children and youth in 2024. Comrade Nguyen Thi Hanh, Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Committee, Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Summer Activities Steering Committee attended and directed.

With the consolidation and drastic participation of the Steering Committee, summer activities at all levels from the province to the grassroots have mobilized the strength of the entire political system to participate in managing and educating children and adolescents throughout the summer and achieved many positive results. Nearly 360,000 students in the province have been transferred to residential groups and neighborhoods to participate in summer activities at 1,500 activity points. Localities and units have organized 224 propaganda and education sessions for 29,000 people raising children; 463 swimming classes for over 10,000 children and adolescents in residential areas, including 187 free swimming classes with a total cost of nearly 7.2 billion VND. During the summer, the whole province has reviewed and basically posted warning signs at 907 points at risk of drowning accidents, including 15 "black spots" and 892 points at high risk of drowning accidents; Organized 382 skill and talent training classes for children, attracting more than 16,000 children to participate. The whole province also had 453 children sponsored by provincial and district agencies; awarded 629 gifts and scholarships to children worth 260 million VND...

Along with that, child care and protection activities have also been diversified in terms of organization, mobilizing resources to support children, especially sponsoring children who have lost their source of care, children in remote areas, border islands, ethnic minority areas... The work of managing and educating children, promoting children's rights to participate in issues related to children; preventing abuse, accidents, injuries, drowning, drug prevention, cyber safety for children... has been strengthened.

Through the achieved results, it can be seen that the consolidation of the summer activity steering committee from the provincial to grassroots levels with the Chairman of the People's Committee as the Head of the steering committee is an initiative and at the same time demonstrates the determination of the provincial leaders in leading, directing, caring for and looking after children and teenagers. The participation of the entire political system from the provincial to grassroots levels has improved the quality of summer activities for children and teenagers.

Comrade Nguyen Thi Hanh, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Summer Activities Steering Committee, gave a speech.

Receiving the comments and acknowledging the responsibilities of the units and departments that are members of the Summer Activities Steering Committee, Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Thi Hanh, Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Steering Committee, proposed and assigned specific responsibilities and tasks, in accordance with the functions and tasks of each unit and department. In particular, focusing on developing plans and projects to care for children and adolescents throughout the year and in the following years; reviewing existing problems and limitations, focusing on implementing the "3 reductions" target of traffic accidents, injuries and drowning accidents. On that basis, strengthen management and supervision of cases of underage students driving motorbikes. The comrade also requested relevant units to develop a project to popularize swimming for children and adolescents; increase the opening of gifted classes, life skills training; foster awareness and knowledge of preventing and combating sexual abuse of girls; research and open classes for children with disabilities, autism, etc.

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