Approximately Br400 million has been allocated in the Vitebsk region for the preparation of New Year's holidays for children

December 3, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. In the Vitebsk region, about Br400 million has been allocated for preparing New Year's holidays for the youngest residents of the region, the ideology department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent. The funds will be used to purchase gifts for orphans from children's homes, pupils of boarding schools, family-type children's homes, foster and guardianship families, for the trip of a children's delegation from the region to the New Year's celebration in Minsk, as well as for holding the regional New Year's celebration. The final event will take place at the Vitebsk Sports Palace on December 24. Traditionally, the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Alexander Kosinets, will take part in this event. The main guests at the regional celebration will be 1.5 thousand children, including 1050 from the regions of the province. These are children from large and foster families, winners of various olympiads, competitions, sports events, and activists of the youth movement. December has just begun, but in the Vitebsk region, as in all other regions of the country, active preparations are already underway to celebrate the most anticipated winter holiday. Thus, in the coming days, the regional committee of the BRSM will launch its traditional campaigns "Do Good", "Our Children!", "Into the New Year with a Kind Heart!", "Share the Warmth of Your Soul", aimed at providing assistance to children in specialized educational institutions, in hospitals, and being raised in large and low-income families. The regional organization of the Belarusian Women's Union has planned charitable pre-New Year's campaigns. Numerous festive events, exhibitions, concerts, and competitions for the youngest residents of the region are being prepared by all cultural institutions. For example, the Yanka Kupala National Academic Drama Theater will present a premiere of a fairy tale based on a biblical plot, "The Road to Bethlehem," to young audiences on December 25. A colorful performance awaits the little ones at the Belarusian Puppet Theater "Lyalka" as well. -0-