From May 16 to 17, 2024, the educational institution "National Children's Educational and Health Center "Zubrenok" hosted the international youth forum "Friendship without Borders", organized by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus and the educational institution "National Children's Educational and Health Center "Zubrenok".The forum was held with the aim of creating an open platform for discussing the realities of youth policy in each of the participating countries and presenting effective practices and mechanisms for its implementation, promoting social, cultural and educational projects in the field of international youth cooperation.Belarusian and foreign students of higher education institutions, activists of student clubs of various orientations were invited to participate in the Forum.

The delegation of the Sukhoi State Technical University of Gomel was represented by students of the Faculty of Humanities and Economics, Yulia Galova and Valeria Sidorkina, students of the Department of Pre-University Training and Career Guidance Mtet Faikal and Legzauni Youssef from Morocco. The group was led by a specialist of the Department of Educational Work with Youth, Elsherbini Salah Mohamed Elsayed.

Our representatives started the first day of the forum with the excursion "Meet our origins". The program of the event continued with the presentation of "National Children's Educational and Health Center "Zubrenok" - the center of international and youth cooperation" and the presentation platforms "The future is ours", within the framework of which the guys made a video presentation about Egypt. The eventful day ended with a friendship bonfire, networking in Zubryonok style and an incendiary disco. The second day of the children was no less exciting, visiting a large number of events: they took part in the training club "Youth Idea" as part of the media project "The World in the Hands of the Young", where they discussed the joint project "Train of Good", which they then presented at the youth project accelerator "Priorities of Growth" together with the Pskov State University (Russia). The children also took part in dialogue platforms, a sports festival, and visited the agrotourism complex "Nanosy Otdykh". In the football competition, the team that included Mtet Faikal and Legzauni Youssef won with a score of 7:3. Of the seven winning goals, 5 were scored by our guys!

The impressions of the Polytechnic students' trip to the National Children's Educational and Health Center "Zubrenok" were extremely positive and gave impetus to the further development of the creative and scientific potential of our students. The forum helped to expand the scope of international partnership, develop friendly contacts between young people from different countries, and also left unforgettable impressions in the memory of each participant!