The initiative to create the camp belongs to the charitable organization “Light of hope” that has been managing to find financial resources for 3 years long to arrange and conduct the camp. This year Elena Franchuk ANTIAIDS Foundation gives support to the 10-days summer camp. The funds provided by the Foundation were spent on acquiring the tents, sport and household utensils, first aid sets, necessities and food for cooking breakfast, dinner and supper on the campfire. This summer camp made people believe in living without drugs, searching for their place in life and first of all changed their attitude to themselves.

On July 15^th, 2004 in Michaylovka village, Dikan’ka district, Poltava region a 10-days rehabilitation-therapeutical summer camp for HIV-positive people, drugs addicted and their families was opened. Tamila Kotlyareaskaya the director of the Charitable association “Light of hope” initiated to create the camp 3 years ago.

In 2004 the number of the participants of the summer camp increased to 30 people among them was people from Kiev, Poltava and Odessa. The association needs extra financial resources to provide the camp that increased almost in 1,5 times compared to 2003 with all necessary equipment.

The program of the camp this year includes conducting of the therapeutical groups and informational lessons concerning drugs use and HIV/AIDS problems, self-support groups and work therapy as well as arranging and carrying out of sport and role games, different contests, quizzes, trainings highlighting “Life with HIV status”, “The child and HIV”, “Recovering the family relations” subjects.

The founders of the camp say that every person has their own reasons to participate in the camp programs, but everybody is united by the striving for communication with other people who have already went through this, to sharing the experience and trying to live without drugs and to forget about HIV-positive status.

“The return of love” is a name of the camp, the motto of people who conducted the camp and support its founders – “Don’t let us be ignorant!”.