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04Aug

Yard Camp

The “Little Prince” Children ‘s Social Center in Gyumri organized a yard camp on July 19-23 for 81 children, 61 of who were our beneficiaries, and 20 of whom were community children, 13 of whom had special needs, and disabilities. The camp was attended by children aged 10-14, and children aged 15-18, as well as volunteers, 21 people worked as detachment leaders and organizers. The camp was full of many sports, cultural, intellectual games, and puzzles. Day 1 A day of inspiration and active participation All the mornings of the camp the campers started with a line:

04Aug

The new ambassadors of the old craft

According to the tradition, when Noah went down to Ararat, he saw that some fabric had formed on the bottom of the Ark, he touched it, he saw that the wool had been compressed by moisture, a blanket had formed, the first piece. This is a testimony that connects the formation of the district with the Armenian Highlands. In the past, only men were engaged in carpet weaving in Armenia․ To be sloppy or sloppy, you needed strength to bury the wool. The torn wool was spread evenly on the floor, and the log was rolled over until it was completely buried.

03Aug

11 years of activity- Gavar Liitle Prince

On the occasion of the 11th anniversary of ”Little Prince” Gavar Social day care Center of Armenian Caritas BNGO, a solemn event was organized. The Event gathered the Center’s beneficiary children and their parents, the Little Prince graduates, the Center’s staff, volunteers and mentors. The reporting event was based on the ideology of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s ”Little Prince” novella, including artistic performances, videos from the Center’s opening ceremony up to the eleven years’ activity. The Center’s mentors were awarded certificates of appreciation for supporting the project, successful cooperation, and devoted work with the children. The project’s manager Arevik Tumasyan,

28Jul

Getting together is the beginning, staying together is progress, working together is success.” Henry Ford

The students of the project “Promotion of Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education for All in Armenia” ran by Armenian Caritas once again came together, worked and made progress, this time through the Forum Theater. The purpose of the Forum Theater was to show how an individual can fight to achieve his dream together with the society. In Forum Theater, the audience any time can stop the performance, replace each of the actors, except the “oppressing” actor and present the ways out of the situation. The author of the script was Hovhannes Hovhannisyan։ the director of Gyumri Reflection Theater,

27Nov

World Summit of child leaders: towards ending violence against children

November 20th is the World Children’s day. On November 20th Caritas India organized the World Summit of child leaders, inviting children from Caritas Confederation across the globe. Around 100 Child Leaders, CSOs, INGOs and Govt. Representatives from India and other countries participated in the Summit. Armenian Caritas was represented by child speaker Tatevik Asatryan, youth club member of the project ”My Right. Inclusive Education in Armenia and Kosovo”. Tatevik spoke on the name of all children of Armenia and Artsakh, presenting the challenges and violence children faced during COVID 19 pandemic and war in Artsakh. With her speech Tatevik called all organizations on human rights to pay more attention to the most vulnerable part of our society: