Students from School-based civics clubs in Tbilisi organized blood donation campaign for children with leukemia. They have prepared and disseminated flyers in public places and used social media to spread information among peers. They have also informed Blood Bank about the planned initiative.
Civics club students in the village Shemokmedi in Guria organized the visit of medical personnel for free examination of 50 students in their school. Based on students’ initiative, general practitioners and nurses from the local medical center visited the school on February 11 and 12 and provided general medical examination at no charge. The cases of scoliosis, eyesight disturbances and dental problems were identified among students, who were referred to the Ozurgeti Central Clinic for further treatment
On February 22, 2014 a group of three Armenian legal-judicial professionals - judge of the first instance court of Aragatsotn Marz Ruzanna Barseghyan, a defense attorney Inessa Petrosyan, Professor of Law Artur Ghambaryan, accompanied by the AM CALLS Program manager Dzyunik Vanesyan arrived to the State of Vermont to participate in a study tour for expanding their awareness of best practices in administration of Restorative Justice for juveniles.
Civics club students of Batumi public school #14 decided to involve outside partners to improve heating facilities at their school. Students, with support of the teacher wrote a letter to Supreme Council of Adjara and explained the needs in terms of the obsolete heating system and absence of connection to the natural gas supply system of the city. Later on, a meeting was arranged with the Head of the Supreme Council Avtandil Beridze.
The winners of the AM CALLS Program Small Grants call are already selected. A total of 10 NGOs representing 10 Armenian communities launched their projects: “Dilijan branch of Bridge of Hope” with its “Jointly and equally“ project the objective of which is to raise the legal awareness of the students, teachers and parents and promote school-teacher-parent partnerships; “Young Tavush”, with its “Raising legal and civic awareness to reduce risky behavior cases“ project the objective of which is to raise legal and civic awareness of students from 15 communities in Ijevan, Noyemberyan and Berd in order to reduce risky behavior cases among the difficult juveniles; “Partnership and Teaching”, with its project “My right of being protected” the objective of which is to reveal and prevent cases of violence towards the juveniles and raise juvenile awareness on their rights; “Kapan Child Center”, with its project “ Promoting the rule of law”, the objective of which is to prevent juvenile crime, promote juvenile offenders' reintegration in the society, develop a tolerant and fair community equipped with legal knowledge, “Dignified Generation”, with the project “Legally aware citizens” the objective of which is to work with the juveniles to develop individuals adhering to proper mental and behavioral norms posed by the society, “Children’s Support Center”, with the project “Juvenile offense: prevention and integration, the objective of which is to have society without juvenile offenders in Hrazdan community through reducing the re-offense rate and promoting criminal justice system in Armenia based on children rights.
As a follow up of successful cooperation between PH International and the Ministry of Justice, a separate project was proposed and submitted by the state non-commercial organization “Special Art Center for Juvenile Offenders” operating under the MoJ. A mini-grant was nominated to the center for the implementation of a leadership and personal growth project for a group of children from families in which one of the parents is currently a prisoner.
Students in Adjara decided to mobilize people in their schools and communities for participation in state cancer screening program. Some time ago students have signed memorandum of cooperation with Navy hospital of Batumi. The idea to conduct cancer screening among local population came up during a meeting at Navy Hospital, which has facilities for a free medical research.
Professional development trainings were organized by the National Forum of Civics Teachers at
the Center for Training in Consultancy in January and February. Topics for the trainings were
identified in consultation with the National Examinations Centre, based on needs that were discussed during the civics teachers’ national conference in 2013
Students of school-based civics clubs in Tbilisi decided to support children with disabilities from the youth center “Parents’ Bridge”. Students organized fun activities for these children, while a psychologist from McLain Association helped with a training.
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