Summer Camp’ 2023

Awareness and Entertainment Sessions for the Summer Camp Children

CHILDLINE Team interacting with the children. Smt. Malini, Principal and TN Pradeep Kumar, Executive Officer, Kerala State Jawahar Balabhavan were seen in the picture.

If children will study with no break they can suffer from serious health problems; research has confirmed the need for vacations for students. Studies and relaxation both are very important for our health. Relaxing during summer vacation is important because it allows students to recharge.  Holiday breaks allow students to shift their focus and complete other important tasks that they are not normally able to address during the school year. Having the time and space to catch up with the things that have been pushed aside or that might require more focus and time is equally beneficial and rewarding.

In today’s society a lot of families have both parents working. This means they will not be able to take the equivalent amount of time off work that their children have off school. As people also move further from their original home for their careers they do not always have access to an extended family system to help in these situations. Kerala State Jawahar Balabhavan, Trivandrum conducting summer camps since 35 years, which provide a multitude of programme variations and so, depending on the interests of children, they may have a chance to improve their sporting, artistic or language abilities.  Camps in general have a very important role to play in children’s development and this is even more relevant today than in the past.

On 11^th May 2023 the CHILDLINE team was invited to conduct sessions through fun oriented games.  Mr. Ratheesh S and Ms. Devi A headed the sessions and games. Around 1500 children and 35 teachers were participated.