This program will begin with trainings for women who live in the northern villages of Shirak province. The trainings will focus on entrepreneurship, social media, business, and product advertising. We will revive forgotten Armenian cuisine and provide the participants with a platform to not only advertise the rural products but also to gain financial independence. This will showcase the stories of women struggling against difficulties and finding inspirational solutions around Gyumri.
The problem for most of the women begins when early marriages and rural lifestyles force them to start a complicated life deprived of achieving social and economic security. A majority of girls see themselves as household workers, rather than individuals who can make a change, or at least are smart enough to take the initiative to improve their own lives. Men leave to find work, and in most cases stay for good. Thus, women have to find ways to feed their children.
1. This program will begin with trainings on entrepreneurship, social media, business, and product advertising. 2. The documentaries to tell the stories of women in villages of how they have found creative and inspirational outlets in the most mundane tasks associated with rural life, which will not only help boost their self-confidence, but also empower them to develop networking skills for branching out locally, nationally, and internationally. 3. Platform will highlight resilience of women.
Website platform, and preservation of extinct flora and fauna, economic empowerment and the initiatives as a tourism center. Our work will harvest the ancient traditions, spiritual practices, and healthy living methods, which will later help those who seek to make their traveling purposeful and communicate with the local population and culture.
