Fifteen Bangladeshi children recently attended the “Rosatom School” International Children’s Camp at the “Ocean” Children's Centre in Vladivostok, Russia. The 20 day camp, supported by Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation- Rosatom and Russia’s federal agency for international co-operation Rossotrudnichestvo, was participated by 126 children of age between 9-17 years from eight countries.
The “Rosatom School” International Children’s Camp is unique, thanks to the opportunity to choose various activities, to communicate in different languages, develop creative and intellectual products, work with cultural contexts, friendly and happy environment,” said Natalia Shurochkova, Head of the “Rosatom school” project.
Suvodip Kundu Arnob, a class 9 student of Junior Laboratory School sharing his experience sai, “I have learned many things through different constructive activities. First of all we maintained a much disciplined life, which taught us to be punctual and disciplined in every conduct of life. We learnt how to lead a life without depending on others. We were introduced with different features of Russian Culture. It was really interesting to learn how to make traditional Russian dolls and how to cook traditional Russian food and perform Russian dance.”
“The most important thing about the camp is that we could establish friendship with children of different countries. It helped us develop our communication skills as well. This will play a big role in removing misunderstanding among the nations in future.”
“It was an extravagant experience which would never be forgotten and will help us flourish in the future.. We had a busy schedule every day. We gathered in groups to craft items to be used in a project. We had multiple choices of works like acrylic painting, paper crafts, string crafts, etc” said Aman Azad, class ten student of, BAF Shaheen School, Dhaka.
“We attended Russian language classes, where we were acquainted with Russian alphabet, numbers and numerous words. Disco, the quest, walks and other interesting activities added extra colour to our experience.”
The camp included various programs including a number of workshops for participants, where each child could find what he or she wanted to do and learn things, which usually are not taught at schools.
During each workshop, adult moderators created challenging situations for children which they had to address through joint efforts. As a result, children speaking different languages learnt to understand each other using verbal and non-verbal means of communication, found points of interaction and built partnerships.
One of the most impressive results of joint activities is the “Rosatom school: Designing the Future Together”. With various installations in the background, the children organized an improvised performance in which they caught each other’s ideas and reacted in accordance with their own ideas.
Besides, the “Rosatom school” project gave each child an opportunity to feel like a professional diplomat. The children could test various diplomatic approaches, established states and found allies, demonstrating patience and inventiveness.
Alexander Zubko, Honorary Consul of Bangladesh in Vladivostok, while visiting the camp pointed out that a small step into the great future has already been made thanks to the “Rosatom school” project.
Participating children from Bangladesh will formally receive certificates at a special ceremony to be held at Russian Centre for Science and Culture in Dhaka in near future.
