Summer activities in residential areas: Old model, new approach

(Baonghean) - Through organizing summer activities for children, many localities have attracted the attention of the entire population, creating a ripple effect in the community.

Good ways

Meeting Nguyen Thi Tham in the performance night at the "Children's Camp Following Uncle Ho's Words" in Nam Anh Commune (Nam Dan), when she had just finished her solo performance, she happily said: "To have this impressive performance night, we have practiced for more than 10 days, the leaders in charge of the hamlet have carefully instructed me during the last summer activities...". Besides many solid programs implemented by the Youth Union and Young Pioneers at all levels such as practicing rituals, organizing football and performing arts tournaments, this summer, the Nam Anh Commune Youth Union has innovated in the activities of the Youth Union and Young Pioneers, advising the Party Committee to organize the "Children's Camp Following Uncle Ho's Words", creating a vibrant, exciting atmosphere and excitement not only for students in the area but also for parents.

Secretary of the Commune Youth Union Tran Van Quyet said: "To have a camp like today, there is the support of the Party Committee, local government and people in the area. In particular, the Youth Union members and young people have actively contributed, creating miniature houses, many beautiful designs, containing many meanings, revealing the theme of this year's camp". According to Mr. Quyet, from July 1, when the Commune Youth Union issued a plan to organize summer activities, it was also the time when they persuaded the Youth Union members who were students to go on summer vacation in the area to be in charge of the Team in 9 hamlet teams. With a youthful spirit, quick to absorb new things and enthusiasm, they have led and directed more than 600 team members in the area to gain new knowledge, skills and joys during this summer vacation.

In Hung Trung commune (Hung Nguyen), to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the March Revolution, the commune Youth Union organized a procession of Uncle Ho's portrait and a Team parade with the active participation of 500 students in the whole commune. In that atmosphere, we witnessed the joy of parents when their children participated in the parade. Secretary of the Commune Youth Union Nguyen Van Vy said: “The Team activities and summer activities in the residential area this year are a highlight in the activities of the commune’s youth, practically celebrating the country’s major holidays and welcoming the Party Congresses at all levels. Therefore, the schedule of ritual practice and activities for the team as well as the construction work of the children are all implemented methodically and elaborately. Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday evening of the week, there will be students or preschool teachers in the area coming to join the children in folk games, practicing folk dances and singing folk songs. With that approach, this year the Team ritual review ceremony of Hung Trung commune was commended by the District Youth Union in the summer activities movement throughout the district.

Young Pioneer Team of Hung Trung commune (Hung Nguyen) reviews the Team ceremony to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the August Revolution.

With the Dien Ky Commune Youth Union (Dien Chau), a leading unit in organizing summer movements with activities of Team ritual rehearsal and football competition. The special thing is that the Youth Union has attracted all classes of people to join in the fun with the children, so from the very beginning, many families volunteered to contribute Team drums, support drinking water, fruits, candies and then go to practice with their children, cheering for their children, so their children were even more excited. Mr. Vu Minh Tuan, Secretary of the Commune Youth Union said: "In addition to Team activities, the Commune Youth Union also organizes for children to participate in activities such as general cleaning of residential areas, visiting and giving gifts to families with preferential policies, children in difficult circumstances, to educate them about the spirit of mutual love and the morality of drinking water, remembering its source".

With the motto "Young people do small things", the grassroots Youth Union and Teams in the districts of Nam Dan, Dien Chau, Nghia Dan have organized for children to take care of the Memorial of heroic martyrs, visit, encourage, and care for families of wounded soldiers, sick soldiers, and lonely people, clean up village roads and alleys, plant trees... Activities to improve life skills and collective activity skills through organizing weekly thematic and topical activities, forums on accident and injury prevention, and drowning prevention. Nam Dan District Youth Union has organized 3 free drowning prevention classes for students with more than 100 students participating during the summer. Dien Chau District Youth Union has organized many forums on traffic accident prevention models, children's forums...

Get in on the action!

In Nam Dan, Dien Chau, Hung Nguyen districts... people have many activities accompanying the Youth Union and Young Pioneer movements in the summer, so when disseminating summer plans to grassroots Youth Union organizations, people in the localities actively responded. The District Youth Union closely coordinated with local Party committees to closely direct grassroots levels. Mr. Cao Anh Duc, Secretary of the Hung Nguyen District Youth Union, said: "This year, the summer activity movement in residential areas has really had many innovations, creating high efficiency. 240/252 hamlets in the whole district had a rehearsal ceremony for the Young Pioneer ritual, with 21/23 communes in the district having this activity. This is a typical activity that attracts the entire residential community". According to Mr. Duc, the reason for such a widespread summer activity movement is because this year there was close direction from Party committees at all levels. Typically, when the Hung Trung Commune Youth Union received the summer activity plan from the District Youth Union, the Commune Youth Union sent a document to the Party Committee and received high consensus. After the Party Committee issued a directive to the hamlet Party cell, the Party cells directed and supervised the organizations to coordinate in the implementation of the mobilization and propaganda work, so they received high consensus from the whole population. Up to now, over 14 hamlets of the commune have contributed up to 200 million VND to support summer activities and organize the Team parade ceremony to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day September 2.

In Nam Anh commune, thanks to the good work of advising the Party Committee, the Party Committees of 9 hamlets directed and participated in mobilizing people to respond to the summer activities and the August 19 camping program. In addition, training and fostering professional skills in Team activities for those in charge is also a factor contributing to success. Right from the beginning of summer, the District Youth Union and the Team Councils of Dien Chau, Hung Nguyen, Nam Dan districts... focused on organizing early training courses to foster professional skills in Team work for officials in charge and professional teams in communes and towns throughout the district, with many new contents, focusing on songs, dances, folk games, Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneer Team rituals... In addition, the District Youth Union and the Team Councils of these localities also focused on promoting creativity in the organization of grassroots youth unions...

To have a vibrant summer activity movement and create a strong spread, one of the important keys is the close coordination between the Party Committee, the government and the innovative efforts in attracting young people of the Youth Union. With such an approach, there are many Youth Union - Pioneer models that, although old, still have new attraction for union members, Pioneer members and have the participation of all classes of people.

Thanh Nga