2022-2024 Project Summary (Under Construction)
Our goal is to provide extracurriculum reading material to stimulate English readers in regional schools of the Republic of Armenia.
in 2022-23 our program has been reviewed and agreed upon by the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of the Repiblic of Armenia.
As a part of the 2022-23 pilot, we established a process of cataloguing those books, labeling them with unique QR codes, pointing to our utility database, with the goal of tracking utility of each book based on teachers feedback.
We would like to express our endless gratitude to individuals and organizations who make possible this project:
- Our generous donors in the USA, both individuals and organizations.
- Our heroical volunteers providing logistics support both in USA and in Armenia.
- Our devoted partners in Armenia: teachers, librarians, educators.
We would like to express our gratitude to individuals and organizations in US and in Armenia that support, advise, and encourage this project, including but not limited to: Zartnir foundation and European Party of Armenia (ՀԵՎԿ).
The 2023-24 Campaign (the 2nd year)
As of June 2024 we have collected 800+ books, and have shipped them to Armenia. This time we have 27 recipient schools and libraries:
- 3 in Ararati marz
- 2 in Armaviri marz
- 2 in Gegharkuniki marz
- 4 in Kotayki marz
- 7 in Loru marz
- 1 in Shiraki marz
- 2 in Syuniki marz, including Goris library
- 1 in Tavush marz
- 5 in Yerevan, including Zartnir Foundation
The 2023-24 campaign phases [in progress]:
- Donation campaign [Completed]
- Book cataloging [Completed]
- Shipping to Armenia [In progress]
- Delivery to schools [Pending]
- Collecting feedback [Pending]
The 2022-23 Pilot Program (the 1st year)
In 2022-2024 we have completed a pilot program, collecting and distributing 1000+ english reading books to 23 schools and public libraries in Armenia:
- 2 in Ararati marz
- 2 in Armaviri marz
- 3 in Kotayki marz
- 5 in Loru marz
- 2 in Syuniki marz, including Goris library
- 4 in Tavush marz, including American Library and Training Center in Ijevan
- 2 in Vayots Dzori marz
- 3 in Yerevan, including Khnko Apor Child Library
The goal of our 2022-2023 pilot has been to validate the approach: to test the assumptions, to establish relations with donors (individuals and organizations in the US) and with the recipients (schools and libraries in Armenia), to refine the donation and shipping logistics, and to estimate our expenses.
The 2022-23 pilot phases [completed as of March 2024]:
- Statement of interest [Completed]
- Donation campaign [Completed]
- Book cataloging [Completed]
- Shipping to Armenia [Completed]
- Delivery to schools [Completed]
- Collecting feedback [Completed]