Over 56,000 children will spend their summer holidays in Vitebsk region camps

May 27, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. More than 56 thousand children will spend their summer holidays in camps in the Vitebsk region, the head of the representative office of the Vitebsk regional department of the Republican Center for Health Improvement and Sanatorium-Resort Treatment of the Population, Elena Andreykova, told a BELTA correspondent. Of these, 26.1 thousand will stay in 36 round-the-clock camps, while the rest of the children will be accommodated in about 600 day camps, 15 leased camps, and 80 specialized camps. Br273 million was allocated from the state social insurance budget, Br646.4 million from the regional budget, and about Br2 billion from owners' funds for the preparation of all facilities for the summer season. Br250 million from the regional budget and Br130 million from the Vitebsk city budget were allocated to subsidize vouchers for children of employees in the public sector and the agro-industrial complex. Depending on the number of days of stay, it will range from Br30 thousand to Br60 thousand. In addition, district executive committees will allocate funds to pay for camp vouchers for orphans, children from large and single-parent families, and other categories. The first to open the health improvement season will be the "Druzhba" camp in the Shumilino district - 130 children will arrive here on May 30. The "Magistral" and "Druzhnіe Rebyata" camps will open their doors next, and mass opening of all facilities will begin on June 9, Elena Andreykova added. -0-