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.
