PRE-PROJECT REMARKS:
This is one of our annual projects, where we deliver school supplies to underprivileged children in villages in rural areas of Armenia. These school supplies as you see in the photos will be distributed amongst 50 children in the elementary school in Paravakar Village (for location see the map below), located in the Tavoush Province of Armenia. In the future we like to expand this project, where we can reach out to thousands of children every year, and make a bigger impact in their life, we can only reach our goal with your support.
In 2016 we visited the Chinchin elementary school in the Tavoush region and donated school supplies to the children, and books to the school. The teachers did such a great job with the school supplies that we decided to go back and continue our support. They are still making use of the supplies that we donated in 2016. This year we will be revisiting them and donate additional material such as educational books (i.e. science, math, literacy (Armenian) books that are complimentary to their curriculum). We’ll also be bringing them large Maps of Armenia for their geography classroom, and some stationary products to replenish their supplies in the school (i.e. Letter Size Printing paper, Video Documentaries for the children).
Donations are scheduled to be delivered in Spring of 2018.
If you have any questions, concerns or comments, please don’t hesitate to ask, we’ll be more than happy to address them.
If you like to donate via e-mail money transfer (e-transfer) you may send your donations to info@empowerarmenia.com
If you like to donate via credit card or paypal please scroll down to see the paypal check out, or click on ‘Donate Now’ button and select ‘2018 School Supplies’ from the drop down menu.
POST PROJECT REMARKS:
This year’s school project was completed successfully. We visited Paravakar and Chinchin village elementary schools and delivered the supplies as planned. The delivery took place on Saturday, May 26, 2018. A few days before our departure from Yerevan to visit the schools, we met some amazing people who saw the work that Empower Armenia has been doing for the past few years with the support of our donors, and decided to join us. They purchased many toys for the Chinchin elementary school and chocolates for children in both elementary schools; they also joined us and came to visit the schools. We would like to thank them for their generous contribution to our project. You may see the toys alongside our school supplies in the photos.
Please continue your support to our annual school supply project, by visiting our ongoing projects
| The list of school supplies for May 2018: |
| Black Pencils Dixon (42 units x 12 pack) Black Pencils Staples (8 units x 10 pack) Coloured Pencils Staedtler (50 units x 24 pack) Erasers Staedtler (12) Erasers Stabilo (40) Bic Pens (Blue) = (120) |
All remaining funds from this project will be used in the next year’s School Supplies project.
| List of school supplies for Chinchin Elementary School May 2018: (To be Purchased in Armenia) |
| Math Exercise Booklets (12 copies) Armenian Literacy Exercise Booklets (12 copies) Logic Questions Exercise Booklets (12 copies) Brain Teaser Questions Book (1 copy) Science Encyclopedia in Armenian (1 copy) Maps of Armenia – Large (2 copies) USB Drive with Documentaries – 128GB (1 unit) Printing Paper (10 units x 500 pack) |
| Donations Category | Founds Raised | Funds Needed |
| School Supply Donations for Paravakar | $335 | $335 |
| Story & Education Books for Chinchin | $220 | $220 |
| Extra Luggage Fee | $100 | $100 |
| Gas & Petrol | $100 | $100 |
| 5 x Armenia Maps with lamination
*Also the remaining 3 maps to be used in the future projects.
|
$135 | $120 |
| Total | $890 | $875 |
Notes:
1- The Story & Education books for Chinchin elementary schools were purchased from books stores in Yerevan for a total amount of 81,059 AMD = $220 CAD at an exchange rate of 367.5 AMD = $1.00 CAD.
2- Empower Armenia has purchased 5 laminated maps of Armenia (30″ x 33″), which only two were used in this year’s project. The remaining 3 will be used in future projects.
