MARIGOT—A group of thirteen selected youngsters left St. Martin on Monday for Les Saintes, Guadeloupe, to attend a summer camp.
Préfète Déléguée Sylvie Feucher was at Grand Case Airport to wish the group bon voyage. The St. Martin children are of ages eight to 12 (six girls and seven boys). They will be participating in the first learning/sports camp organised by the Prefecture of St. Martin and St. Barths in collaboration with Direction de la Jeunesse des Sports et de la Cohesion Sociale (DJSCS) of Guadeloupe and Association Cobraced in St. Martin.
The camp is being organied in a sports center (Union Nationale des Centres Sportif de Plein Air (UCPA) in Les Saintes from August 10 to 14. The children will be accompanied by a member of Association Cobraced and a qualified volunteer supervisor.
This initiative is organised in the context of the “Summer in the Districts” programme for the benefit of children from priority districts. Its objective is to reinforce learning and practice of leisure activities around culture, sport and sustainable development to better prepare children for the next school year.
The camp in which children from Guadeloupe will also be taking part will be focused on sport. The educational, physical, and sporting activities will be supervised by qualified instructors in compliance with health regulations.
