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07.09.2010 | The ZANG U.S. based Exchange Program
 From August 19 – August 29 a group of 3 ZANG project key ministerial partners Nelli Duryan, Head of Juvenile Police Department, RA Police, Lala Ghazaryan, Head of Department of Protection of Children, Women and Families, RA Ministry of Labour and Social Issues; Narine Hovhannisyan, Head of the General Education Department of the RA Ministry for Education and Science, together with ZANG Program Manager Armine Sukiasyan and PHI Armenia Country Director Mariam Martirosyan travelled to the U.S. to work with their American counterparts in a 10-day exchange program.
| 16.07.2010 | CJC Sustainability Workshop
On June 28-29, PHI staff participated in a workshop conducted by World Vision Middle East & Eastern Europe Regional office Advocacy Officer Eve Jolly. The workshop aimed to develop Advocacy Strategies for Juvenile Justice Reforms in Armenia. Two days of the workshop were devoted to designing a clear strategy and plan of action for RA Government funding of CJCs.
| 03.05.2010 | New Partnership Establishes the Next CJC in Talin
 On April 28, 2010 as a result of successful partnership between PH International ZANG Armenia Legal Socialization Program and “Reforming Juvenile Justice System in Armenia to support deinstitutionalization” project funded World Vision’s Middle East and Eastern Europe Regional Office the 7th Community Justice Center (CJC) was established in the town of Talin, Aragatson region. Like the other CJCs, established in 6 communities, the opening of newly founded center enforced within Armenia’s National Program of Child Protection, implemented by the Armenian Police, and act to provide restorative justice responses to youth reported in non-violent crimes, as well as with full support and engagement of parents and community members they serve to increase public safety and reduce juvenile crime rate in the Republic of Armenia.
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06.09.2010 | A hiking Tour to Goshavanq and More
On August 15, the Vanadzor Community Justice Center (CJC) team organized a hiking event for the CJC kids. The hiking program included visits to Goshavanq, meaning Monastery of Gosh named after famous Armenian scholar and priest Mkhitar Gosh, and the geological museum located in the village of Gosh and a nice picnic by the lake next to the village. In addition to the Vanadzor CJC juveniles, active SRB (School-Based Reparative Boards) members of Vanadzor secondary school # 5, as well as the CJC volunteers and partners participated in the event. The Vanadzor CJC team members facilitated discussions on offences and different types of punishment based on the code of laws written in the 12th century in the code of laws by Mkhitar Gosh and compared it to the modern criminal code of Armenia. The highlights of the day were trustful and friendly relationship observed between one of the offenders undergoing the CJC reparative process and the victim who suffered from the offence and who was also invited to hike with the group. Also, the CJC kids and the SRB members decided to make a film using one of the fables of Mkhitar Gosh. The film making idea created a great opportunity to develop long-term collaboration among the participants of the hiking event.
| 15.01.2010 | ZANG Community Justice Centers
Throughout 2006-2010, within the framework of the Armenian National Program for Child Protection of Juvenile Police, PH International in close collaboration with the Armenian Police has been implementing the Community Justice Centers’ project for Armenian juveniles. Six Community Justice Centers (CJC) currently operate in Yerevan, Gyumri, Vanadzor, Alaverdi, Ijevan and Chambarak. Through active partnerships among law enforcement officials, juvenile service programs, the community and youth the CJCs implement restorative justice programming for juvenile offenders of non-violent crimes. The activities of the CJCs aim to reduce youth delinquency and crime, and support public safety. To date, 356 juveniles were referred to the CJCs and the majority of youth undergoing the ZANG CJC reparative process showed significant changes in their behavior along with better attendance and performance at school as reported by their parents and teachers. One of the recent highlights of the ZANG program was the acknowledgement letter received from the director of the Chambarak Library:
| 17.09.2009 | SMILE Project in Vanadzor Community Justice Center
In June 2009 Lilit Matsakyan, ECA alumni, and Davit Martirosyan, Restorative Board member in Vanadzor Community Justice Center (CJC) of the ZANG Armenian Legal Socialization program jointly applied to a mini SMILE project grant announced by IREX. They were awarded with $244 to implement a project called Helping Youth for Better Communities which aimed at reinforcing healthy and mutually caring relationships between youth at risk and socially more protected youth groups of the community.
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