This summer, rest and recreation has been arranged for nearly two thousand children of the Irpin urban territorial community — 1,746, to be precise. They stayed at camps in the Ivano-Frankivsk and Zakarpattia regions, and abroad in the Lithuanian towns of Nemunaitis and Panevėžys.
This was announced by Irpin City Council.
The most telling part of these figures is not the total but where the money came from. The community budget paid for 180 children, with another 30 due to travel shortly. Regional budgets covered places for 33. Twin cities hosted 131 children, and the state programme accounted for 88.
The overwhelming majority — 1,314 children, three out of every four — went thanks to funds raised outside the budget altogether. In other words, the budget share of Irpin’s summer recreation campaign is roughly one tenth. The rest the community gathered through partners, donors and philanthropists.
That says more about the strength of the city’s connections than about its fiscal capacity. Since 2022 Irpin has built a broad network of international partnerships, and summer camps for children are one of the few areas where that network is plainly visible.
“This year the community made every effort so that as many children as possible could recover their strength, spend an interesting holiday and gain new experiences,” said Oleksandr Pashchynskyi, secretary of the Irpin City Council.
He thanked the twin cities, philanthropists and partners who helped organise the summer break, stressing that it is this kind of support that makes quality recreation for children possible.
The campaign is still running — the summer is not over yet.
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