Ghoghanj – Project Tech Support
Description
Maroush Dekermenjian has adopted this project and helped raise the funds needed with the help of her family and friends in honor of her birthday.
The mission of the Ghoghanj Children’s Center is to provide the proper support and guidance children need to excel in school and become self-confident and respectful young adults. Founded in 2003, the Ghoghanj Children’s Center works with vulnerable “at-risk” children and their families to help them overcome social, psychological and legal issues.
The Center’s programs are specifically designed to facilitate group discussion and are sensitive to the psychological challenges of an at-risk child and their families. The Center works to develop successful communication, self-expression and tolerance skills among the students. A fundamental focus on the arts, homework assistance and tutoring to ensure academic success is a key ingredient of the programs’ success.
Since its inception, the Ghoghanj Children’s Center has been continuously attempting to expose it’s students to new and developing academic opportunities. The existing computer and Internet course at Ghoghanj provide these opportunities and need funding to continue. The continuation of these courses will provide 75 at-risk students with three levels of classes progressing from proper computer usage, to Internet use and eventually basic web design. Children at the Center will also gain access to free Internet whether they are enrolled in the courses or not. The goal of this program is to teach their students the proper technological skills essential for a successful future.
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The Need
Since many of the children at the Center have had absolutely no access to computers and Internet usage outside of Ghoghanj, the need for computer and Internet courses is imperative to the development of these students’ futures. Additionally, students obtain innovative skills allowing them to use modern means to complete their homework assignments and open the doors of communication for opportunities all across the world.
Short Term Impact
The short-term impact of this project will to supply the Ghoghanj Children’s Center with Internet connection, computer related educational materials and an instructor that will be immediately employed to help instruct and oversee these courses.
Long Term Impact
In the long term, this project has the potential of impacting the lives of 75 at-risk students gain computer skills that will create greater future opportunities, including career advancements.
Sponsors Benefits
Your donation to sponsor Computer and Internet Course will be recognized on the Ghoghanj Children’s Center’s website and in their printed materials, and your name listed as a sponsor on the Paros Foundation website and in appropriate press related to this important project. The Paros Foundation will happily arrange a visit to the Ghoghanj Children’s Center when you are in Armenia.
Our Donors (27)
- Mr. Garen Khanoyan $50 In Memory of Maroush Dekermenjian Jul 12, 2014
- SNL Jewelry $20 In Memory of Maroush Dekermenjian Jul 11, 2014
- Ms. Marianna Smirnova $10 In Memory of Maroush Dekermenjian Jul 11, 2014