Sports Day for Kids in Moscow, Russia

The Moscow GYSD Sports Day project was unfortunately delayed on May 28 but finally took place on May 19 in one of the most beautiful places of Russian capital - Gorky Park. FLEX alumni Anna Safronova, Elina Mukhametdinova and David Petrosyan organized Sports Day for the kids from a Moscow orphanage #8.

The event was organized with the help of My Dream City project  and big support from "Habibi" charity foundation of one of the senior FLEX alumni Leyla Habibova. 32 boys and girls of different ages arrived to the Gorky park on Sunday. Most of the kids have never been to this place before.

About 30 volunteers (including 2 Columbian AIESEC organization) students) organized fun sport competitions with prizes for children. Afterwards, everyone had a picnic on the grass and enjoyed beautiful sunshine and snacks. One of the volunteers played the guitar, so everyone had a chance to listen to music. Boys played soccer and frisbee, girls drew pictures with chalk and markers. Several children had a chance to visit the "Zelenaya Shkola" kids' club right in the park. This is a great place for children to learn about the nature and animals and do some fancy handcrafts.

In general, the kids spent about 3,5 hours in the park having fun and communicating with each other and the voluneers. Everyone was happy, and the main goal of the project - involvement of the kids in sports activities and showing that it is fun - was achieved.

We hope that the partnership of My Dream City project and Habibi foundation will grow only stronger, and we will have more great Moscow GYSD stories to tell you next year! 

Keep in touch with the blog! More stories are to come! ;)

Sports Day for kids in Moscow on GYSD

Global Youth Service Day is all about uniting active boys and girls from different cities and countries all

around the World! It would be very sad if there was no GYSD project here in Moscow, where our central American Councils office is located. Luckily, now we have a Sports Day for kids planned for April 28!

Gorky Park is one of the friendliest parks in Moscow!

Anna Safronova, the leader of amazing My Dream City program and FLEX alumna '09, David Petrosyan, the Moscow Alumni Coordinator and FLEX alum '10 and me are organizing a Sports Day for about 40 kids aged between 8 and 14 in one of the most modern parks of Moscow - Gorky Park on April 28.

The kids will play football, table tennis and other sports, do different activities, have handcraft workshops in "Zelenaya Shkola", a wonderful kids' club right in the park, sing songs and just enjoy wonderful spring weather which we hope will not get any worse!

My Dream City Christmas event in the orphanage #8

My Dream City and FLEX alumni have already organized a number of events for kids from Moscow orphanage #8. However, this is going to be the first spring time "outside" event.

Right now we are looking for volunteers who are ready to spend several hours playing sports and just having fun with kids in the park! If you feel like hepling us with the organization of this GYSD event, please register and join our VKontakte community! We would appreciate your help a lot! Good mood and positive emotions are guaranteed! :)

You can also visit My Dream City Facebook page to learn more about its outreach all around the World!

Take care and don't forget about upcoming Global Youth Service Day! By the way, 1404 projects have been registered in 84 countries so far, so don't miss a chance to become a part something really global! ;)