Announcement: ‘Tebi Javakhk’
The AYF-YOARF Central Executive is proud to announce a new project this year called “Tebi Javakhk.”
During the 2011 AYF-YOARF Convention, a decision was made to focus the AYF’s efforts on a city within Historic Armenia or the Armenian Diaspora. The purpose of this effort was to educate AYF members on the current conditions of the city, provide assistance to the Armenians living there, and establish communication between our youth and the youth living there. Javakhk was chosen this year because of the difficult living conditions created by the discriminatory policies of the Georgian government.
Since January, the Central Executive has been educating local chapters on Javakhk and working with them to develop fundraising and material collection projects. In the meantime, the AYF’s Central Hai Tahd Committee has been working on an effort to establish communication between the youth of the two regions. The result of CHTC’s efforts is a Day Camp for the youth of Javakhk to be run by counselors from the AYF-YOARF Eastern Region.
During the months of July and August, there will be two separate day camps, one in Akhalkalak and one in Akhaltsukha. These camps will be open to 50 children each, ages 5-16. The camp program will include educationals, games, and activities of all kinds, and of course a hantes (performance) for the friends and families of the participants. Local AYF-YOARF Eastern Region members are eager to be a part of this project and to, per the project’s name, “put their boots on the ground” in Javakhk.
Additional information on the Tebi Javakhk project will be released in the next few weeks, particularly information on how local Armenian community members can help. For more information, contact the AYF Central Hai Tahd Committee at chtc@ayf.org or on Facebook at “Tebi Javakhk” (http://www.facebook.com/TebiJavakhk).
AYF-YOARF Eastern Region Central Executive
YOU can be apart of this initiative by Sponsoring A Camper for only $50. That amount will cover one camper for 6 days, including their breakfast lunch and a snack per day, materials, travels, field trips etc.
visit http://www.ayf.org/donate or send donations to 80 Bigelow Avenue, Watertown MA, 02472
AYF-YOARF ER Central Executive
Great idea AYF! Keep up your work with this worthy cause. Every child deserves a little fun in summer camp!
Congradulation to AYF for this worthy project ” Tebi Javakhk ” I hope it will continue every year. Every child deserve to bring smiles and joy to their faces.
Good Luck.