Education Armenia Project #1384

Providing education for 150 children in Armenia

by Zartonk-89

Project Report | Aug 3, 2018
Project Success Summary

By Silva VARDANYAN | Project Leader

Works by Roman and Grigor

Dear Donor,

Owing to your help we continue to support school-aged children in the remote regions of Armenia. We are happy to share with you the success and progress that we have recorded among our beneficiaries.

The aim of this Project is to help children fill the knowledge gap they have, so that they can have the opportunity to choose their future professions, to express themselves freely in teamwork, to get in touch with their peers.

Summer Holidays caused children to be partially isolated from the educational environment, so in order they can be more engaged in it, we organized a meeting in Yerevan for our beneficiaries, entitled “My Future Profession”.

On July 19, at the “Zartonk-89” NGO, the Project Task Force hosted the participants from different Armenian Regions.

The topic “My Future Profession” was chosen prior to the meeting. It was welcomed by everyone and we had quite interesting and meaningful discussion together. As mentioned above, the beneficiaries were from different Armenian regions and did not know each other. First they got acquainted with each other; thereafter they began to communicate freely.

At first they were given and interesting task to do – presenting themselves, their skills, interests and their future dreams. This helps children know each other better and work in a collaborative atmosphere.

Then the main topic “My Future Profession” also accompanying questions were presented to our beneficiaries. Each of them was able to present and describe their future goal – their profession and to give complete answers to the questions presented below:

What you see as your future profession?
What do you need to succeed in your future goal?
How can we help you within the framework of “Providing education for 150 children in Armenia” to succeed in your professional choice?
What are the specifics of your professional choice (Why)?

Dear Donor,

Once again, we are pleased to mention your assistance and support to this project. You have laid a solid background, developed warm relations and connections between our beneficiaries. This time ten beneficiaries had the opportunity to share their boundless joy and their stories about their future professional choice.

We hope that we’ll have more opportunities to share our expected, succeeded outcomes with you.

Below we present Meline’s story and message to our donors:

Hello everyone!

My name is Meline. I am fourteen years old. I study at secondary school, 9-th grade. I want to tell you a bit more about me and my engagement in this project owing to which I can freely express myself and my future goals. I dream of becoming a dancer. In my free time I like to dance and to draw. I dream of becoming a professional dancer to present the charms of Armenian National dances to the world. This project gave me skills, knowledge to be more communicative, courageous and free.

We are grateful to our donors who help us in making our dreams come true.

A Business Meeting

Objectives presented by the participants

Meline and her future profession

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May 15, 2018
Project progress in the Arapi community

By Silva Vardanyan | Project Leader

The participants present their work

Dear donors,

We continue to support school-aged children in remote communities in Armenia and are ready to share with you the progress that is seen from time to time.

Beneficiaries of this project come to the conviction that education is not really a problem, and their knowledge and skills will be invested in the construction of strong and sustainable communities in the near future, as they are the driving force of the community.

A part of our target group, living in a socially sophisticated environment, performs a variety of hard work, sometimes even isolating themselves from their peers and friends, and this leads them to constraints and underestimation of their own strengths.

The aim of this project is to help the children to fill the missed knowledge, to be free in the team and to learn and work in a friendly environment.

This time the project working group met in the village of Arapi in Shirak province, where the beneficiaries welcomed the project trainer and the whole team with great enthusiasm and smile.

At first, the participants were given an interesting task where they should tell about themselves, what skills, abilities and interests they have and what their dreams are. This helps children to know each other better and work in a free atmosphere.

In order to develop the beneficiaries creative abilities, we assigned them a creative task related to drawing entitled "school". They imaged their school on the paper and what changes they would like to see.

The third part of the meeting was related to the teambuilding. The beneficiaries divided into 3 groups. Each group made up a name for their team. The participants were given a task to image their community problems and how they were going to solve those problems after acquiring appropriate knowledge and skills.

"Let's ensure tomorrow's prosperity" team-members imaged a hand on the poster and called it "Hand of friendship" which is to get the community council's support in order to solve two main problems of their community, which are to build churches and repair the roads.

The other team presented their motto " We are the powerful eagles, invincible, super-powerful". They presented the main problems of their village and also spoke up on their wish, which is to see laboratories of chemistry and informatics at their school. In the end, they added that the school has a great role in their lives and gives them an opportunity to make their knowledge more skillful.

Dear donors,

We are again happy to mention that due to your great impact on this project you build solid basis and strong connection with our beneficiaries. This time 15 beneficiaries had a chance to smile and share their smile with you.

We hope that we will have a chance to share happy and important moments with you.

The following is Maria's story and message addressed to the donors.

Hello. My name is Maria. I'm ten years old. I study in the 5th grade. I'd like to tell a little about myself. At my free time, I enjoy drawing and dancing. I dream to become a doctor and have my own hospital. To the question, who are in my surrounding I answered that I have many friends and I like to communicate with them. I liked everything in this project. Thanks.

The children of the Arapi community

The children during the teamwork

Maria, who shared her impressions

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Feb 16, 2018
Your commitment to this project

By Silva Vardanyan | Project Leader

The children show the word EDUCATION

Dear donors,

We are glad to inform you that due to your great impact in this project we carry on providing basic education to the school-age children of the rural communities of Armenia and your every gesture encourages the children to move towards the road of education.

Again and again, we are ready to share with the progress and success that becomes visible every day. Beneficiaries come to the belief that education is not a problem and everyone has the opportunity to get education in this world.

A part of the children of our target group, living in a socially sophisticated environment, perform a variety of activities instead of attendingschool. As a result, they lose their knowledge and are getting constrained when communicating with their peers. The purpose of this project is to motivate them to education and make it a priority. Sometimes they have inconfidence towards their own abilities, though during interactive meetings they are able to freely express their thoughts and ideas.

In order to make the meeting more interactive and interesting, the beneficiaries shared a creative work where they would try to write and draw their own interests, skills, dreams and more. With this approach, we are able to go, deeper into the inner world of participants, to understand their desires, and of course, see the obstacles to overcome in the near future. In the work done, most children mentioned that besides education they gained new friends, getting out of the new environment, and learning to work in the team.

Dear donors,

Every child's smile, enthusiasm is a unique indicator that inspires us to continue working with high expectations and convey your emotions and expectations. We are witnessing when some children are already completing their knowledge in the framework of this program, they continue to attend school and become a good example for others. This is a psychological factor that enables beneficiaries to reconsider their own steps and provide the necessary time for the learning process.

One of the beneficiaries, Ani, who is a new participant, wanted to send her message to donors and share her impressions.

Hi, my name is Ani. This is my first time participating in this project and I am very happy to join this group. Let me tell you a little about myself. By nature, I am vivid and I like to dance in my spare time as it is one of my hobbies. At first, I was a bit confused, but after a while, I felt very free.

I was asked what I liked during this meeting, and I replied that I am in good surroundings and have the opportunity to get new knowledge. To the question of who I am, I painted a rose, as it is delicate and characterizes my essence. I want my word to go to donors so they can continue to support this program. I'm sure I'll be back in this group again. Thank you.

Gagik and Ani during the meeting

The participants during the creative work

Ani who is a new participant

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