The Diaconia Charitable Fund is an Armenian NGO established in 1988 by the Armenian Relief Society in Germany to provide humanitarian aid following the devastating earthquake in Armenia. Today, the Fund s Village of Hope carries out social projects, including building homes for families and implementing educational and development initiatives to support socially vulnerable families.
İş Tanımı
During the work camp, volunteers will work with children from socially vulnerable families living in the vicinity of the Diaconia Charitable Fund. The main activities include: -In the morning, volunteers will be involved in maintenance work and territory cleanup;-After lunch, they will organize cultural development programs for children from socially vulnerable families, such as singing, dancing, and painting. Volunteers will teach their national songs and dances;-Volunteers will also be involved in the organization s activities: distribution of food, school supplies, and provision of clothing; -Volunteers are encouraged to organize recreational activities for children, such as interactive games, creative workshops, outdoor play, or board games that stimulate both learning and social interaction;-At the end of the work camp volunteers and children will organize a final concert-performance.Volunteers will receive certificates at the end of the work camp.
Konaklama ve Yemek
Do not worry about sleeping bags, as you will stay in buildings or cottages of the hosting organizations, where beds, mattresses and bedding packs will be provided.In Armenian work camps, discipline and organization are important. Making beds and keeping rooms neat and clean daily is mandatory.Volunteers will prepare food themselves on the principle of duty. You will have the opportunity to taste a variety of traditional Armenian dishes, such as dolma, khorovats (barbecue), kebab, khashlama, as well as the incomparable fruits of the Ararat Valley apricots, grapes, peaches, apples, as well as berries and vegetables.Volunteers will stay in the building of the Diaconia Charitable Fund, with rooms organized separately for boys and girls.
Konum ve Serbest Zaman
Armenia is called an open-air museum. You will have many interesting excursions and visits to historical monuments and museums, organized during the work camp.Excursions to the following sites will be arranged at the discretion of the work camp, and all visits will be free of charge. The proposed list of excursions includes: Echmiadzin Mother Cathedral, Zvartnots Cathedral ruins, Garni Pagan Temple, Geghard Monastery Complex (with a World Heritage Initiative program), Lake Sevan (including a barbecue on the beach). Volunteers will also visit Matenadaran repository of ancient manuscripts, History Museum of Armenia or National Gallery of Armenia, museum of the famous film director Sergei Parajanov, and Vernissage, a large open-air Armenian souvenir market.Different games, Armenian dance lessons, and language lessons will also be organized in the work camps. Leisure activities for joint work camps are individual.
Notlar
Amount based on mutual agreement, July, Dates must be arranged with the partner organization