Listen to children with your heart

Students participating in the 2025 Pink Dream Summer Camp in Hanoi . *Photo: Provided by the Provincial Youth Union.*

In 2023, the Pink Dream Summer Camp was held for the first time at Yen Tu Village, Uong Bi City, with the theme "Listening to children with your heart, protecting children with action". The program gathered 100 outstanding children, including members of the Provincial Children's Council, the District Children's Rights Participation Club, children in difficult circumstances and children at the Provincial Protection Center. The children participated in traditional cultural experiences such as mask painting, Dong Ho painting printing, meditation, and training classes on skills to prevent violence and child abuse, promoting children's rights to participate in issues related to them.

Continuing the success, in 2024, the Pink Dream Summer Camp was held in Dong Trieu City with the theme "We are Dien Bien soldiers", to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory. The program had the participation of 100 outstanding team members and children representing nearly 250,000 team members and children in the province, along with members of the Provincial Children's Council and the District Children's Participation Rights Club. At this summer camp, the Provincial Children's Council organized for the children to participate in traditionaleducation activities, cultural and artistic exchanges, contributing to arousing national pride and a sense of responsibility towards their homeland and country.

Children participating in the Pink Dream Summer Camp 2024.

In 2025, the Pink Dream Summer Camp with the theme "Quang Ninh Children Firmly Stepping into the New Era" took place in Hanoi, celebrating the success of the 10th National Congress of Uncle Ho's Good Children. Participating in the summer camp, the children visited the Vietnam Military History Museum, participated in a training class on skills to prevent violence and child abuse, promote children's rights to participate in children's issues, and many traditional cultural experiences such as writing calligraphy, making banh troi, and cooking rice in clay pots. The Provincial Youth Union also organized training courses on "Improving skills to prevent violence and child abuse", "Guiding children to participate in healthy and creative interactions on the Internet" to foster knowledge and skills for the core group of children, children in difficult circumstances and the team of teachers in charge of the Youth Union.

Student Bui Ngoc Han, Quang Phong Secondary School (Hai Ha District) shared: I am honored to be one of 100 students participating in the Pink Dream Summer Camp this year. I find this a very meaningful program. Through experiential activities, we are educated about the historical traditions and national culture. We also share about our own "Pink Dreams", cultivate and nurture our personalities to strive to realize our dreams of contributing to our homeland and country, becoming useful citizens.

Students have a chance to speak up at the 2025 Pink Dream Summer Camp *. Photo: Provided by the Provincial Youth Union.*

Pink Dream Summer Camp is a symbol of love, care and responsibility towards the future generation. The program not only brings joy and laughter to children but also contributes to building a humane society where all children can live, study and develop in the best environment.

In the current context, when children face many challenges from the living environment to the development of technology, creating safe and healthy spaces like Pink Dream Summer Camp becomes more and more necessary. This is where children can listen, share and develop comprehensively, preparing a solid foundation for the future.

Nguyen Ngoc

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