About us

Zartonk-89” is a non-governmental organization, which operates throughout the Republic of Armenia founded in 1989 and registered as an NGO with the Ministry of Justice in 1996. In 1988 after the earthquake, when the north part of Armenia was ruined and also Kharabagh war about 2400 children were parentless and the organization began to assist those children solving all the problems. Since 1989, Zartonk-89 has been actively engaged in the promotion of health, education, environment and social assistance for needy segments of the rural and urban children and teenagers in Armenia.  The active support and creativity of our partners and local volunteers have made it possible to extend its presence to other regions of Armenia; to date there are branches of our NGO all over the country.

Our mission is to improve the lives and protect the rights of children, teenagers and youth in Armenia.  In order to achieve our mission, we implement various educational, social, cultural and health, rights protection projects focused on improving the mental, physical and social skills of children, teenagers and youth on building their self-esteem. In addition, we have implemented several development projects that benefit entire communities.

Progress report

For implementing the project we had 10 beneficiaries, then the number of the beneficiaries increased and 58 beneficiaries participated in our project who got qualified education, learnt their preferred specialization and now they work in different spheres.

Now 32 pupils are participating in our project, who have opportunity to complete their missed knowledge, continue their education with the pupils of the same age. 11 beneficiaries of them without leaving their job get distance learning, and 21 beneficiaries study at school. The project was effective not only for our beneficiaries, but also the organization.  

The implementation of “Providing education for 90 children in Armenia” had great progress and opportunities for our organization to participate in ongoing educational reforms of our country. The organization is also participated in the 2012-2025 strategic plan development and discussion of the Government on education and social sphere.        

Participation in these mentioned events is very important for our country to be the result of access to qualified education for all children. Providing free textbooks is also important for junior school children.

The major achievements of the project were the involvement of 58 beneficiaries as volunteers in educational, social programs organized by “Zartonk-89” NGO. They introduce their knowledge, voluntary works to involve new beneficiaries for the project and attract them in the works. We give importance for their participation in further activities of the project as they receiving support from the organization; they become supporters for the new beneficiaries who are in need. 

It is already 2 years that one of the participants of the project Mariam Tevanyan has been involving in our project as a volunteer and directs her speech to the organizers, donors and supporters of “Providing education for 90 children in Armenia” project: I am Mariam Tevanyan and I was participated in “Providing education for 90 children in Armenia” project that gave me an opportunity to get qualified education and specialization as well.  For my knowledge/skills and preferred job I thank to all supporters that ought to them I have had great success and achievements. You also gave me chance to involve in voluntary works for assisting teenagers who are in need. Thanks again to all donors, who gave financial assistance for this important and useful project.

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We continue our “Online Olympiad” project in different regions of Armenia.

The aim of the project is:

• Assist in improvement of journalism, research and creative skills for the youths with the usage of information technologies in Armenia.
• Create virtual educational environment where the new media opportunities are used with the interest of youth and information technologies are used as an active factor of the education process and they receive their answers of the questions through this environment.
• Help youth journalists to explore the opportunities of new media usage.
• Explore and encouraged the best materials and articles of youth journalists.

The volunteers of our project visit to different regions of Armenia, they organize meetings with teenagers on the age of 14-18 and youth, present the projects, inform about their problems, distribute booklets on the activity of online club. In the result the number of new members in online club is being increased. The beneficiaries participated in the project enroll in the club and begin their active participation in the activities of Online Olympiad project.  Actually our volunteers have organized “Read and …..” competition. Our former beneficiaries Mariam Saribekyan, Rubina Davtyan and Nare Gareginyan have visited to the regions of Armenia with the aim of organizing meetings. 

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 The main aim of our project was to decrease the number of people who have lack of knowledge.

During the implementation of this project we have had great success. The successful process of the project is from Global Giving donations and as well as from the local support in our country. The successful process of the project is also for the implementation of educational reform in our country. 

Currently in the framework of this project we have 32 beneficiaries. Previous years were successful as 58 beneficiaries participated in our project over the years acquired knowledge, learnt specializations. Now they work and are able to provide their well-being.

Now we work with 32 beneficiaries, 10 of these beneficiaries came back to school and continue their education at school; they also learn profession and the 22 beneficiaries without leaving their job receive basic education with distance method.   

We should mention that the 22 beneficiaries communicate difficulty with their friends of the same age, they are intolerant with each others, and they are isolated due to their hard work and social bad conditions. That’s why we organize trainings on the weekends where they learn how to develop and reveal the opportunities of self-discovery and self-knowledge, to form the responsibility, tolerance, relationship between students. These trainings are effective for them.      

I am Anahit Poghosyan. I am participated in “Providing education for 90 children in Armenia” project. I highly appreciate the project implemented by Zartonk-89 NGO, which gives an opportunity to obtain the basic knowledge that is essential for human life. Beside the basic education we got most important knowledge during the training. After the training the level of my self-consciousness and responsibility were raised, tolerance and respect were formed, learnt team work and freely express my own opinion.  

Report

It is already 6 years we have been implementing “Providing education for 90 children in Armenia” project.

The aims are:

1. To assist 12-16 year children in receiving basic education that are deprived of attending schools and give them psychological help and juridical knowledge.

2. To assist the mentioned beneficiaries for vocational orientation, having profession to have job in future.

                            

During the implementation of the project we have had great success. The knowledge level of the 58 beneficiaries was raised. The got graduation certificates learnt their preferred professions and now they work in different institutions.

Only this year 38 beneficiaries finished the school. The members of the organization took part their “Last bell” event. We should mention that some of the beneficiaries do volunteer works in “Zartonk-89” NGO and are involved in its projects implementation. The progress inspired our organization involving new beneficiaries in our project. For involving many beneficiaries our volunteers visit schools, take the list of students who don’t attend to school, and contact them for the interview. The meetings are organized in the office of “Zartonk-89” NGO. After doing the preliminary works on the 1^st of September it is given chance for the beneficiaries to attend school.

Now we have 18 beneficiaries who attend school and hope their number will be increased.       

With the help of our supporters we would like to reduce the number of children who don’t get education in the world.

Thank you for our supporters.

Thank you for Global Giving.

We finish our school and start new life.

On May 24 “Last Bell” event was held in “Mkhitar Sebastatsi Educational Complex” and 38 beneficiaries of “Providing education for 90 children in Armenia” project were participated in it. They were also waiting for that day like the other graduates. It was holiday for our organization, beneficiaries, their parents and teachers. They expressed their appreciation to all who supported for “Providing education for 90 children in Armenia” project

I should mention that in their speech our beneficiaries thanked to Global Giving organization and donors.

The result of our project was that 38 young people finished school and got quality education and professions which are necessary for their life improvement.

I hope this project will continue to assist all the children who having been in bad conditions leave their education and do heavy works.

During the “Last Bell” event the graduates wear T-shirts and their friends write their greetings, wishes and interesting stories about them with color pens on the T-shirts.

Here is the picture.

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Hello I am Nare Gareginyan, I study on the 9^th form at school N 83 in Yerevan. 
I have participated in “Online Olympiad” project on right and journalism organized by “Zartonk-89” NGO.  I like to participate in various competitions on educational development, research, and raising the creative mind. I have been awarded with prize on journalism for my done work. “Online Olympiad” project played an important role on my knowledge development and had great experience using information technologies as an educational tool. It developed my research, creative, educational skills. After the project I began to use the net assessing its all opportunities. I would like this project to be ongoing to involve youth in bright future with its effective work