25 January 2012
“My mother always says God will not leave us alone in the Christmas Season. These are indeed Christmas gifts,” says 12-year-old Anna Kirakosyan, helping her younger siblings to try on the new warm clothes and shoes they received from World Vision just in time for the long winter season ahead...
22 December 2011
World Vision is piloting an empowering initiative to educate the art of debate to children in Armenia’s hard-to-reach communities thus enabling them to come up with constructive ideas and realize those ideas in their lives.
12 December 2011
World Vision Armenia marked World AIDS Day by engaging youth and mass media to create awareness and understanding among the public about the realities of HIV and AIDS. Flashmob activities in the capital city, Yerevan, aimed to show there is hope to end HIV infections. “Many people think that HIV cannot happen to them...so, we came out today to tell people more about HIV and AIDS,” said Flashmob participant Eve Gharibyan, 13.
05 December 2011
Human rights violation issues keep on happening in Armenia’s communities, but a competent intervention from the communities’ part could significantly change the situation.
Juvenile offenders in Armenia are all too often being treated like adult criminals- a situation that has provoked World Vision and local partners to draw attention to the massive gaps that are failing youth caught on the wrong side of the law.
Throughout the years professionals of centers for children with special needs in different regions of Armenia have been trained by “Reducing Violence Against Children in Armenia” project of World Vision Armenia to keep their knowledge and skills up to date...
22 November 2011
Children in the Gavar region of Armenia are standing up and telling their families and communities that they want to live in a smoke-free environment.
13 November 2011
A newly-established milk collection unit is enabling around 170 villagers from four communities in rural Armenia to deliver their milk locally and receive a greater return that is already benefitting their children.
02 November 2011
The mornings in Nerkin Sasnashen, Talin Region, north-west Armenia start very busy. This is the time when villagers hurry to take the cattle to the pastures to feed the animal with the mountainous grass as long as possible. Children are also in a hurry; they go to school bypassing the herd that makes the narrow village alleyways impassable...
25 October 2011
Ashot is a 16 year-old student learning welding. His welding classes are held in a tiny garage of Kapan Town in Armenia, where only a half car can be placed in. He wears old clothes, gloves and a face-mask to be safe. World Vision Armenia gave Ashot opportunity to receive vocational training instead of imprisonment, so that he can earn money for his family. He chose becoming a welder.
28 September 2011
World Vision Armenia Alaverdi Area Development Program has held a discussion-forum on the Social Accountability Formation between education, health, local self government service providers and citizens as service users in Alaverdi communities...
02 September 2011
“Sunday school teachers have an immense mission; they are the backbone, strength and wings of clergymen serving in communities”, said Father Vardan Navasardyan to more than 140 Sunday school teachers during a recent five-day-training course in Armenia where about 95% of the population is Orthodox Christian...
23 August 2011
Summers in Armenia are tough; children forget about joy and fun which typically come together with summer; they are off to the fields, time for collecting yield and taking animals to pastures. Those who stay in the villages don’t lie idle; household chores are in the to-do list.
18 August 2011
Summers in Armenia are tough; children forget about joy and fun which typically come together with summer; they are off to the fields, time for collecting yield and taking animals to pastures. Those who stay in the villages don’t lie idle; household chores are in the to-do list. World Vision Armenia's Christian Summer Camps bring joy and unforgettable smiles to children from all over the country.
Mher, 11, has heard many exciting things about World Vision’s Christian Summer camps from his elder brothers. “Both of my brothers have spent their summer holidays in World Vision’s camp. Each time they were coming back from the camp happy and full of energy. I was keeping a secret hope that one day I would also go to the summer camp”, says Mher a bit timidly.
The days in World Vision Christian summer camps are much more exciting for those children who come to the camp with their siblings. Satenik is in Aghavnadzor camp with her elder brother Koryun. This is the second time for both of them that they are out of their Maqenis Community. The first time they were among those 300 children who participated in the excursion organized by World Vision to Garni Temple and Geghard Monastery.
It’s already the fifth day eleven-years-old Ashot enjoys his time in World Vison’s Christian Summer Camp. Ashot does not have a sponsor yet and he was not expecting he would be enrolled into World Vision’s camp. Ashot’s mother takes care of the household and father earns money doing odd jobs in Russia. The money he earns would never be enough to send his son to a camp.
Many children in Armenia know that they are born in Christian families and are baptized as Christians; their parents keep some Christian traditions and follow rituals. But often they lack the knowledge related to Christianity preaches and about the core of the religion they belong to.