UNESCO and UNICEF, with support from the Australian Embassy in Vietnam, launch a campaign called “Winning Indoors” for Vietnamese children and their families to find fun ways to stay happy and healthy while at home. (Photo: UNICEF)Hanoi (VNA) – UNESCO and UNICEF, with supportfrom the Australian Embassy in Vietnam, have launched a campaign called “WinningIndoors” for Vietnamese children and their families to find fun ways to stayhappy and healthy while at home.
“Winning Indoors” is a collection of indoor game ideascreated by children and young people and shared on a purpose-built website forchildren. The social media campaign encourages children to create indoor gamesand submit their ideas for games to be featured on the website.
The campaign aims to inspire Vietnamese youth to bephysically active indoors with their families for their well-being whilepreventing the spread of COVID-19.
“No one does fun and games better than children. WinningIndoors provides a platform to showcase the imagination and creativity ofchildren to foster a healthy lifestyle, even when stuck at home,” said MichaelCroft, UNESCO Representative to Vietnam.
Playing outdoors is challenging for many children due topoor air quality, lack of facilities and bad weather. These challenges havebeen amplified during the COVID-19 pandemic with social distancing measures,movement restrictions, school closures and confinement. Winning Indoors aims toinspire children to be active through the pandemic and beyond by playing andcreating fun, active and inclusive indoor games.
“Measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 have inadvertentlycaused stress and affected the emotional well-being of children,” said RanaFlowers, UNICEF Representative in Vietnam.
“Play is one of the most important ways by which youngchildren cope with stress and gain essential knowledge and skills. All parentsand caregivers are encouraged to spend time playing with children, encouragingthem to be creative and to design their own games.”
Several celebrities and influencers including Chau Bui,H’Hen Nie, Quang Dang and Suboi are lending their voices to support thecampaign by amplifying the messages to encourage children to participate in the“Winning Indoors”.
The campaign will run until September and hopes to gatherhundreds of game ideas submissions through the website. People can followUNICEF or UNESCO social media accounts in Vietnam, or visit the special websitewww.winningindoors.com to submit games or to try new games created by otherusers./.
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