Events of EFUCA
On April 2, 2015 in Gomel, the IX international peacekeeping festival “Aqua vitae of friendship” opened. More than 20 delegations of UNESCO clubs and children's peacekeeping associations from The Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation, representing such regions as Gomel, Grodno, Brest, Borisov, Mozyr, Minsk, Mosty, Moscow, Smolensk, Bryansk, Sevastopol, and Yekaterinburg became the participants of the festival. The honored guests of the festival were Dmitry Subtselny, vice-president of the European Federation of Associations, centers and clubs of UNESCO and Dmitry Nikolaevich Vaskov, Speaker of Youth parliament of the Uralo-Sibirsky federation of associations, centers and clubs of UNESCO.
The organizers of the festival were UNESCO club “Friendship”, the state regional Palace of creativity of children and youth in Gomel and, of course, the republican public association “Belarusian Association of UNESCO Clubs”. The partners of the festival were the European Federation of Associations, centers and clubs of UNESCO, the Youth welfare department of the Ministry of Education of Republic of Belarus and the National commission of Republic of Belarus for UNESCO.
The purpose of the international meeting was an integration peacekeeping club association as important means of civil patriotic education of younger generation, introduction of effective methods, forms, technologies promoting mastering values and skills of a healthy lifestyle.
In the program of a festival consisted of cultural and educational parts: a ceremonial opening and closing of a festival, an exhibition of wall newspapers “Memory of the Great Patriotic War in my family”, excursion in the museum of military glory, training “Acquaintance”, summing up the III open regional competition of training programs UNESCO: Education, Science. Culture", a role-playing game “We will rescue the planet Earth”, “healthy lifestyle Academy”, evening “The bridge of friendship”, disco, issue of the virtual newspaper “healthy lifestyle Online”.
Guests of a festival wished children creative achievements in their difficult peacekeeping work, new opening and positive emotions, emphasized the value of friendship and development of the international cooperation.
Thoughts of war arise in minds of people therefore in consciousness of people it is worth strengthening ideas of peace. The organizers of a festival are sure that children of the festival will absolutely cope with it!