Hello, hello, hello, Oh The Enlightened Ones. Welcome to the first posting of Volunteers Briony and Julia, currently in Vanadzor, soon to be reporting from Shushi.
In our final few weeks in our favourite Armenian city, we have been wrapping up our work for this year, which has included English lessons in various schools/establishments, and working in the Tufenkian children's organisation here, Zangagatun. With about 50 socially disadvantaged families enrolled (over 100 kids), our main role at this centre has been to encourage their learning progress and general confidence. We have collected and catalogued a library of English and Armenian books for Zangagatun and for community use.
Other projects include providing English labels and explanations in Vanadzor's 3 museums (the Fine Art, the Stepan Zoryan House Museum, and the History) which, incidentally, are well worth a visit if you make it up here. We are also trying to get a local website up and running so that local events can be posted, and local opinions aired.
On October 23rd we are planning to move to Shushi in Artsagh. We will be initially working from our house there, collecting information for jobsites/host families for future volunteers (of which there are already many hopefuls), and starting English courses for various members of the community. Once the Naregatsi Art Centre is finished there, we will be working with them to provide art lessons and encouragement for the locals, and starting up an English/Armenian library. At the same time, we hope to act as a channel for clothes/books/supplies donations, and also to highlight specific projects and costs in Shushi which interested parties may wish to sponsor/undertake.
Fasyo.
In our final few weeks in our favourite Armenian city, we have been wrapping up our work for this year, which has included English lessons in various schools/establishments, and working in the Tufenkian children's organisation here, Zangagatun. With about 50 socially disadvantaged families enrolled (over 100 kids), our main role at this centre has been to encourage their learning progress and general confidence. We have collected and catalogued a library of English and Armenian books for Zangagatun and for community use.
Other projects include providing English labels and explanations in Vanadzor's 3 museums (the Fine Art, the Stepan Zoryan House Museum, and the History) which, incidentally, are well worth a visit if you make it up here. We are also trying to get a local website up and running so that local events can be posted, and local opinions aired.
On October 23rd we are planning to move to Shushi in Artsagh. We will be initially working from our house there, collecting information for jobsites/host families for future volunteers (of which there are already many hopefuls), and starting English courses for various members of the community. Once the Naregatsi Art Centre is finished there, we will be working with them to provide art lessons and encouragement for the locals, and starting up an English/Armenian library. At the same time, we hope to act as a channel for clothes/books/supplies donations, and also to highlight specific projects and costs in Shushi which interested parties may wish to sponsor/undertake.
Fasyo.
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