A “Maturation Holiday” was celebrated on September 8th at Irkutsk regional branch of the RRC, which hosts the “HIV Prevention and Scale up of Services to Provide Support to PLHIV in Irkutsk” program.

The “Maturation Holiday” was devoted to the Day of Knowledge and Opening of a New Season of the Early Development School. 25 children participated, who were split in two groups: 11 children aged 2-4 years and 14 children aged 4-6 years.    

The scenario of the holiday was based on the tale about Pinocchio: children “traveled” together with the parents and looked for coins - soldi. The children should work hard to get a coin - they had to do something: dance, draw a picture, solve a quiz or a riddle.   They could buy a Golden Key for the collected “money” from Karabas Barabas and open the door, behind which the treasure (gifts) was hidden. The gifts included table games and handwriting worksheets corresponding to the age of participants. The celebration ended up with the tea party.