Wings of happiness for children
About two hundred pupils of boarding schools, correction and development training centres from Vileika, Gorodeya, Kobrin, Starye Dorogi and Cherven visited the Wings of Happiness charity event hosted by Minsk’s Dreamland Entertainment Park
That day, the park transformed into a fairy-tale country of Happy Land. In the city of Adventures, boys and girls were welcomed by Jack Sparrow and good pirates and, in the city of Creativity, small guests could paint a 5m colouring book and play Angry Birds. In the city of Joy, they had fun together with the clowns Bead and Bob and their dog and, in the city of Friends, they played darts with transformers and superheroes. An exciting chemical show of Professor Glucose was offered to boys and girls in the city of Researchers.
Natalia Ryzhenkova, the Director of SK Hynix Memory Solutions Eastern Europe, shares her warm feelings, “Children need bright emotions and communication with their peers. They are happy to get acquainted with fairy-tale characters, participate in master classes, competitions and other activities. Their emotions at such holidays confirm that they need such events.”
Among the participants were pupils of the Gorodeya auxiliary boarding school. Teacher Tatiana Bredikhina comments, “We are always happy to be welcomed at such a wonderful project as Wings of Happiness. We are grateful to its organisers for positive emotions which they share with our children: 22 of our pupils are happy today.”
Children from Kobrin special comprehensive boarding school are no less delighted. Natalia Chizhevskaya, the Deputy Director for Educational Work, confirms, “Our boys and girls learned that we were invited to Minsk on the Knowledge Day. They were so happy that even counted the days before the trip.” In turn, the Director of the Vileika District Centre of Correction and Development Training and Rehabilitation, Svetlana Klemyachits, has no doubt that the holiday will be remembered by her pupils for a long time, “This is a wonderful socialisation experience for our children. We could hardly imagine that they would so actively communicate with fairy-tale characters and perform their tasks. Adults have truly made them happier.”
Zhenya Chebotar, 9, went to Minsk for the second time and was much anticipating his trip. “I really enjoyed playing darts and watching shows with trained dogs. This is the best day!” he smiles.
In turn, eight-year-old Eldar was accompanied by his mother, Diana Veliyeva. “My son can't speak, but I see that he likes it here. What else could be better for a parent? It is important to organise such holidays for children as they help them socialise, develop and spend time unusually,” the woman says.
The holiday ended with an interactive theatrical performance, a soap bubble show and a parade of cartoon characters. Each young participant went home with a commemorative photo, presents and a symbol of the holiday: a Lucky teddy bear.
