Nine full-time summer camps will host children from education institutions of Chisinau municipality this summer. Three of these are managed by the Botanica and Centru Education Divisions, while six were selected at a tender contest staged by the General Division of Education, Youth and Sport of Chisinau. Orphan children will rest at these camps free of charge.

Contacted by IPN, Larisa Crudu, head of the General Division’s Education and Youth Section, said the largest part of the camps selected on a contest basis are situated in Vadul lui Voda town. The municipal camp “Poienita Vesela” is located in Danceni, “Alunelul” in Bardar, while “Ciresarii” in Vadul lui Voda. “Alunelul” will host 271 orphan children. “Ciresarii” will welcome 970 children from education institutions of Centru district of Chisinau and 780 children of Boarding School No. 3.

Larisa Crudu said the General Division of Education, Youth and Sport purchases tickets to summer camps for children, 4,270 overall this year, from the subordinate institutions because it does not manage own summer camps. The six chosen summer camps are: “Luceafarul” that will accommodate 1,050 children, “Perlele Nistrului”- 900, “Camping”- 1,155, “Zambet”- 293, “Prietenia” – 522, “Cusmarica” - 350. Ticket prices vary between 1,300 and 1,445 lei, while the parents’ contribution for a ten-day stay is only 20% in the case of the first stay.

Each summer camp has a medical unit, educators and sports trainers as most of the camps have swimming pools. The full-time simmer camps will work between June 5 and August 29.

Another 3,990 children will rest at sports schools in Chisinau municipality. Others will rest at sports bases outside the country. Veterans associations, single mothers and other categories will benefit from the available free tickets at summer camps.

According to the Ministry of Education, 70 full-time summer camps and 69 day summer camps will welcome about 60,000 children this year. The public authorities will distribute gratis 25% of the total number of tickets to orphans, children with disabilities and from socially disfavored families. The summer camps for children and teens will be financed with state budget and local budget funds, with the amounts paid by patents and with resources allocated by trade unions, enterprises and associations.