Social Services and Government Intervention
The social program that targets children from low income families of interest in this context is the weekend summer camp. This is a program within the township that I hail from. The weekend summer camp is a two day summer program that brings together children from destitute families to be able to be engaged in the summer activities and fun that other children often engage in. it has a well coordinated plan and the children are assisted by volunteers for the two days.
The program runs under the sponsorship of the township dwellers and the local church members who see the worth of the program. A group of volunteers, under an organized coordinator work with the young children to engage in physical activities and interactive activities that are deemed fit for the children. The children often go to different destinations for the two days retreat and the parents or guardians are often informed accordingly on where the children are scheduled to go.
This summer program for children began with a team of youth who, having been from poor background themselves, decided that they would like to make a difference in the life of young children. They wanted to give the children from poor backgrounds something that in their younger years they were not privileged to get, and this turned out to be a summer holiday...
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