On Sept. 19, 2014 the group of newly recruited Access students in Goris and their instructor of English got together to meet Mr. John Heffern, the honorable U.S. Ambassador in Armenia in their first Access lesson.
The next 2-year phase of the Englis Access Microscholarhsip Program has launched for the 13-15 aged 54 students selected from the following 3 sites of Armenia: Goris, Nor Hachn and Chambarak.
July, 2014, was a month of highlights and intensive learning for 54 Armenian students enrolled in the English Access Microscholarship Program. Throughout July 22-25, 54 high students and their teachers from 3 regional towns of Armenia, Nor Hachn, Dilijan and Chambarak, the three program sites, got together with the Program Manager and the support facilitators in a central camp in Aghveran, a regional resort complex, to participate in intensive English language summer camps organized within the two-year program. To learn more about the camp activities, read the camp report:
All eleven NGOs and community based organizations from Hrazdan, Dilijan, Ijevan, Goris, Kapan, Metsamor, Ejmiatsin, Gyumri, Vanadzor, Gavar and Yerevan communities, which are recipients of AM CALLS program's Community Grants component, have successfully completed the implementation of their projects.
On April 13, 2014 “Kapan Child Center” Community Organization organized training on “Journalist Ethics when Targeting Vulnerable Groups”. About 12 young journalists from regional media, representatives from the local administration and psychologists participated in the training
The Institute for War and Peace Reporting prepared coverage about the operations and the sustainability of the 11 Community Justice Centers (CJCs) established in Armenia by PH International and the other 2 CJCs opened by Penal Reform International in cooperation with the Fund for Armenian Relief.
On April 15-16, 2014, within its AM CALLS program the Armenia office of PH International convened a 2-day seminar for a group of 30 Armenian judges, prosecutors and advocates. The seminar was led by a team of 2 U.S. and 3 Armenian legal-judicial specialists, who had in February of 2014 visited the U.S. for a 10-day professional development program to get acquainted with the best practices of administering Restorative Justice for Juveniles in the U.S.A.
Throughout March 25 -26 and then March 28 - 29, 2014, within the Armenia CALLS program, PH International organized 2 training events for a group of 40 Armenian police officers and 40 high school educators from different regions of Armenia. The goal of the training was to emphasize the role of the School Resource officer in high schools, increase cooperation between the juvenile officers and educators for organizing cooperative events for juveniles and to promote the rule of law in the schools.
The Institute for War and Peace Reporting has met with key implementers of juvenile justice programs in Armenia and discussed the role and the value of the Community Justice Centers established in the country by PH International and later by the Fund for Armenian Relief.
