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Syuzi is our
volunteer in Gandzakar community
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The aim of “ICT as a Tool for Young Voices”
project was to promote youth involvement in community development process as
well as to develop identification of problems, promote youth to find solutions
to those problems, promote IT and media sector development, volunteer working
activities in the communities.
The project assists in young people
involvement, raising issues of the communities, their participation in problems
solutions, knowledge development on media and ICT.
Meetings seminars and trainings were
organized in 10 communities of Armenia
As a result, our beneficiaries carry out
evaluation and assessment of community issues, do public discussions and share
their knowledge and experience with other members of the community as well as
actively communicate with other young groups of Yerevan
Community urgent issues were revealed with
joint efforts, afterwards were offered its solutions and necessary ways to
overcome them.
Young people of the communities were highly
motivated in each issue with great enthusiasm and readiness and we can
definitely say that the regional groups of YJOC could reveal community issues
and suggest its appropriate solutions.
In Gandzakar community of Tavush region our
project had success. That project gave
an opportunity for young people. Syuzi who is a resident in that community will
share her success with us.
Hi, I am Syuzi, I live in Gandzakar village of Tavush
region in Armenia
In 2007 “Community Action Committee” is
created by sponsorship of USAID, that was united the young people of the
village. Young people began to realize what is “volunteerism” concept, how to
work for community. The project was continued until 2012.
After a year we are informed about a
competition, organized by Zartonk-89 NGO and YJOC. 6 young people participated
in that competition shooting a video about the problems of the village. That
video was awarded a prize. Our work and cooperation began with Zartonk-89 NGO
and YJOC. YJOC was established in our community, Tavush region. We began to
have active participation in reveal of community issues. In community we
conduct seminars and trainings.
Thanks to Zartonk-89 NGO and YJOC children,
teenagers and young people are able to communicate with young people from other
communities, to share their experiences with our colleagues by means of
communication technologies, to visit our colleagues in different communities,
informed about their activities, to invest their experience in our community. We
feel us a real member in our community.
I thank to the people who support for our
community to keep active, by means of IT we could raise our voice on community
needs and problems.
