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The program of Rotaract Club St.Petersburg-Neva in autumn of 2003


   The main direction of Rotaract Clubs activity is helping and supporting Orphanage house #46 in the same way as previous years. The members of Rotaract Club have developed an interesting program of cultural events for the first semester of a school year. The brightest and most interesting of those events was a visit to the Hermitage and its Brilliant Store. Also there is another remarkable thing about that event: a guide was not just an ordinary person, it was Vadim Zyev Laureate of State Prize, a candidate of historical studies, an archeologist, a member of Hermitages directorate. He showed the unique treasures of the members of the imperials family name, told about the life inside of museum, about the work of its research officers, about keeping of museum exhibits. The children were asking all these questions by themselves and were very happy to get answers on many things they were interested in. After the excursion, during the lunch time, the kids were given nice presents: a line of six books Fabulous Hermitage, games and mosaics with interior views of the museum.
   The second but not less interesting event for kids was the exhibition Children of the World are playing in Smolniy Cathedral. There were different ethnographic toys from the famous museum of anthropology and ethnography after the name of Peter the Great (Kynstkamera). About 300 exhibits give the information about the toys and games of more than 30 nations of the World. Our children were mostly interested in dolls of Africa and Central Asia, in Indochinas theatre of shadows, Indian pirogue and the Indians of South America, and also they really liked kites from Japan. And the main thing is: the children got to know a folk toy in which we could recognize the nature, ethical predilection and echo of ancient beliefs of the worlds nations. Such events not just extend childrens horizon but also help to get to know the culture, geography and history of different countries more deeply. It was the first visit to the Smolniy Cathedral for many kids so this event became remarkable and special for them.
   Also Rotaract Club St.Petersburg-Neva has organized and carried out several actions: collecting books for children, toys and other things; visiting parks.
   On November the 24th Rotaract Club is opening international childrens exhibition Charity and beauty in Vladimirskiy Palace. There will be not just the works of Orphanage house #46 on the exhibition but also the works of Orphanage house #51 (Central part of the city). The paintings of the Washington art schools children and the paintings from the hospital of Saint Yadvigi (Berlin) have a special place on the exhibition. Cheerful and joyful childrens paintings will appear together with batik, needlework and sculpture.



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