Games For Good Artsakh Relief Effort
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ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN
In light of the recent influx of displaced individuals from Artsakh, we have launched free-of-charge recurring activities for displaced boys and girls in several cities throughout Armenia. Children often carry the heavy burden of trauma, much like a backpack filled with their past experiences and struggles. Our mission is to provide them with safe, nurturing spaces where they can temporarily set aside these burdens and step onto the playing field. Here, they have the opportunity to play, prioritize their health, and acquire essential coping mechanisms and life skills to address their trauma.
Join us today, and support our efforts of ensuring our kids have a safe place to disconnect from the ugly reality that is forced upon them.
We are working with a number of sports schools and facilities across Armenia. They are ready to provide after-school programming for children from Artsakh free of charge. Most of them lack the sports gear necessary to do so. With your donations and support we will be providing them with basketballs, footballs, and other sport essentials to be able to conduct these activities.
Your contributions directly aid in securing sports gear and orchestrating events for children who have found themselves relocated to rural Armenian communities due to displacement.
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The Need
Throughout Armenia, there are limited opportunities for girls to play soccer. Despite having a strong desire to do so, girls cannot find the resources necessary or sporting groups that make experiencing the game a possibility. In addition, organized sport participation has several benefits to youth development such as leadership skills, teamwork skills, confidence building and improved overall physical health. The GOALS organization helps give young women the chance to play soccer through their GOALS Leagues, Media, Coach and Referee trainings, Camps and After-school Clubs while helping Armenian communities change the broader mindset limiting girls and women in many aspects of their lives and see that girls can and should be future leaders of their country!
Short Term Impact
GOALS will fill the gap of the lack of afterschool activities in the regions of Armenia and Artsakh by organizing non-formal education and development opportunities. Along with providing immediate health and hygiene education through sports, we will also facilitate conversations around mental health and wellbeing in a post-COVID world. We will also focus on building skills that will be necessary for success in sports and in life such as leadership, teamwork, sportsmanship, etc.
Long Term Impact
In the long-term, we envision and Armenia and Artsakh where all girls are empowered with equal opportunities
Sponsors Benefits
Sponsors will be listed on The Paros Foundation website, on the GOALS website, and in all relevant press of this important project.
Our Donors (6)
- Ms. Maral Elliott $10 Mar 17, 2024
- Ms. Maral Elliott $10 Feb 17, 2024
- Ms. Maral Elliott $10 Jan 24, 2024
- Ms. Maral Elliott $10 Dec 17, 2023
- Mr. & Mrs. David & Julie Theiler $100 Dec 1, 2023
- Ms. Maral Elliott $10 Nov 17, 2023