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New youth centre becomes cultural hub for Verishen community
For much of the last month, 15 young volunteers have been gathering at an old library that has been converted into a new youth centre in Verishen, Armenia, a transformation made possible with support from the Hayastan Armenian Fund in Argentina and USAID Armenia. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., they inventory books, arran...
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UNICEF supports professionals working with adolescents and young people
Over the past 4 years, UNICEF worked with partners to establish a network of five youth centres throughout Armenia with two more to be launched in 2024. While Armenia has a wide array of community based services for children, when it comes to adolescents and young people, there is a general lack of adolescent-frie...
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“Gamechangers: Girls for girls.” Equipping girls and young women with the skills and experience they need to become the architects of a diverse, inclusive, and safe digital Armenia
GYUMRI 26 July, 2023 – UNICEF joined the Enterprise Incubator Foundation (EIF), and Gyumri and Vanadzor Technological centres in the closing ceremony of “Gamechangers. Girls for girls” two-day bootcamp. The event brought together 70 participants from 3 marzes to empower young girls in the field of game development...
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UNICEF, Artik community, and Youth Initiative Center NGO to establish a youth house
YEREVAN, 6 July 2023 – UNICEF Representative in Armenia Christine Weigand signed a memorandum of understanding with Head of Artik community Ananik Voskanyan and Chairperson of Youth Initiative Center NGO Artur Najaryan on the establishment of a youth house in Artik. The youth house will be established at the end o...
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A team of young innovators creates a board game and an app to promote media literacy in Armenia
Say it out loud and say it proudly: “We did it!” It's incredible how success evokes so many different positive emotions. Now imagine how much it means to young people. Four sixteen-year-olds from Yerevan - Vagharshak, Arman, Milena, and Samvel – or as they call their team, MeDialog, are among the finalists of the 2022 Generation Unlimited Youth…
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How do our relationships impact our mental health?
Our relationships are closely connected to our well-being, and they can impact us in helpful and unhelpful ways. When we say relationships, we mean all kinds – with our friends, our families, or our teachers – and even with ourselves! So, if you’re interested to know things like: Why it’s important to be your...
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Around 3 in 4 youth lack skills needed for employment, new report says
NEW YORK, 20 July 2022 – Nearly three quarters of young people aged 15 to 24 in 92 countries with available data are off-track to acquire the skills needed for employment, according to a new report published today by the Education Commission and UNICEF, and supported by Generation Unlimited ahead of World Youth Sk...
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UPSHIFT Gyumri – expanding access to the IT sector for young people with and without disabilities
From 26 to 27 August, UNICEF, with funding from the European Union, and in partnership with Enterprise Incubator Foundation, Gyumri Technology Center and Caritas-Aregak Foundation held the UPSHIFT Gyumri Bootcamp to support 10 teams of young people to develop their IT ideas into projects. Over 70 adolescents and y...
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UNICEF and Gyumri Youth Initiative Center relaunch Armenia’s first fully inclusive community-based youth center for adolescents and young people
Gyumri, 29 September, 2021 – UNICEF was joined by Gyumri Youth Initiative Center NGO, Ministry of Education and Science, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Shirak Regional Administration and Gyumri Municipality to relaunch Armenia’s first fully inclusive community-based open youth center, located in Gyumri. Es...
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Three ‘awesome’ ideas will be brought to life in Syunik
On August 12 the central square of the city of Kapan was the scene of an International Youth Day celebration. An exhibition, a quiz, a concert… many things were planned. Young people from nearby and distant communities came to Kapan to have fun together. As part of the celebration, the three winners of a Youth Ini...
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Life skills for young people in border zone communities affected by the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
From January to June 2021, UNICEF reached over 350 young people in Aragatsotn, Gegharkunik, Tavush and Yerevan with a special course on basic life-saving skills. The coursework was developed by UNICEF and delivered with partners to reach adolescents and young people who have been affected by the Nagorno-Karabakh c...
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UPSHIFT announces 6 winning teams
On May 6, UNICEF and the Youth Initiative Center in Gyumri launched UPSHIFT Bootcamp at the Gyumri Technology Center. Young people from Gyumri and Spitak pitched their project ideas, which they had been working on intensively for the past month. Five out of ten programs were to be selected, with each winning team ...