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Story and photos by ELAN PERUMAL
PARTICIPANTS of a children’s camp held at the Institut Kemahiran Yayasan Negeri Selangor in Kuala Selangor recently had a lot of fun besides learning a lot of new things.
The three-day camp organised by the Baha’i Community of Klang was part of the community’s annual year-end camp for children.
The camp, which attracted some 60 participants between the age of seven and 15, included moral classes and Junior Youth Spiritual Empowerment Progra-mme.
Twenty of the participants who were below 12 years old attended the children’s session while the rest were in the junior youth category.
The theme for this year’s camp was Torch Bearers of The Society.
Camp organiser S. Retnamary said, the presence of the more than 10 volunteers and facilitators made the event a success.
“The participants were taught moral and social values via book learning, art and craft and music.
“There were also a lot of colouring, singing, dancing, story telling and other interesting sessions for the children.
“The junior youths were divided into three categories according to their age groups and they went through lessons from three books.
“The 12-year-olds did the Breezes of Confirmation while the 13 and 14-year-old went through the Walking The Straight Path and Spirit of Faith books,” she said, adding that these three different books taught moral values in the form of stories.
Retnamary said participants were required to be disciplined throughout the camp.
“A lot of emphasis was given to their moral conduct,” she added.
Besides classroom activity, she said, the participants also had a lot of fun playing outdoor games during the evening.
She said they were fully occupied with various activities including training in performing arts such as role play and drama acting.
Permatang assemblyman Datuk Aziz Mohd Noh presented the certificate of attendance to the participants at the end of the camp.
