On September 8–18, the Moscow Region hosted the 22nd youth session of the Day After Tomorrow youth project for teenagers from regions impacted by hostilities. For the second time, the general partner was Aeroflot.
While meeting with the project participants, Maria Lvova-Belova noted that in 2022, children from the new regions and their families requested such supporting and educational sessions. Since then, the level of competence of camp counsellors, psychologists and mentors has noticeably increased. The organisers are trying hard to help children start life anew and find new friends. Psychological and pedagogical support remains a key element; the participants attend collective training sessions and individual consultations with professional psychologists.
The Commissioner for Children’s Rights thanked the project’s partners and all others helping make the Day After Tomorrow project a memorable event in the life of teenagers.
The session’s participants focused on career guidance; children visited a personnel training centre and operated an aircraft simulator there, acting as crew members. During the programme, they attended a friendly golf tournament, sponsored by the Golf Association of Russia; they learned the basics of karting, took part in a chess tournament under the guidance of the Chess Federation of Russia. The teenagers became special guests at a basketball match involving the CSKA Professional Basketball Club, as well as a football match between the Dynamo Moscow and Spartak football clubs.
A Country for Children charitable foundation operates the Day After Tomorrow sessions. In all, 21 sessions have been organised for teenagers, as well as six regional sessions and two sessions for families at children’s camps in the Moscow, Rostov, Smolensk and Ivanovo regions, the Krasnodar Territory and the Republic of Crimea. Over 4,000 teenagers from the new regions, as well as 284 individuals from 62 families, took part in them.