SOS KINDERDORF ABOVYAN

Name: SOS KINDERDORF ABOVYAN
Start: 2017-06-29
End: 2018-07-18
Location: Armenia

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Armenia Environment Children Environment Children Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

The SOS Children s Village is a place where children i particularly those with no parental care and those whose families are living in difficult conditions i have found their new mothers, sisters and brothers and live in families.The SOS Children s Village family-like structure is formed by four basic principles: mother, siblings, house and village.The camp in SOS Children s village is organized for the 14th time and has become a popular and traditional one, and children are looking forward to meeting the volunteers in summer.

💼 What the programme involves

The volunteers will do environmental and renovation work on the territory. The further details will be provided at the time of the workcamp. Volunteers will participate in most activities with the children, performing a variety of different tasks. They will organize workshops - painting, sculpturing, handicrafts, dancing, singing, sports, language lessons, leisure time games.The main aim of the camp is organization of a concert or a performance and an exhibition of works which will be presented at the end. The concert/performance will be organized with the active participation of the children and the volunteers, making an interesting presentation of the national songs, dances, traditions of each country the volunteers come from.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteers will live in a separate comfortable cottage on the territory of the village.

📍 About the location

You will have lots of interesting excursions and visits to historical monuments and museums, which will be organized during the workcamp. The excursions to the following sights will be organized upon the decision of the camp. The proposed list of the excursions is the following (all the visits are for free): Echmiadzin Mother Cathedral, Zvartnots Cathedral ruins, Garni Pagan Temple, Geghard Monastery Complex with a program of PATRIMONITO, Lake Sevan (with a barbecue on the beach). Volunteers will visit Matenadaran-storehouse of ancient manuscripts, Historical Museum of Armenia, National Gallery of Armenia, museum of famous film director S. Parajanov, Vernissage i Armenian big souvenirs market under the open sky and degustation in cognac factory. Different games, Armenian dancing and language lessons will be organized in the workcamp.

⚠️ Requirements

None

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📅 Available sessions

HUJ1

29/06/2017 → 12/07/2017

Closed

0 / 14

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HUJ1

05/07/2018 → 18/07/2018

Closed

0 / 14

♂ 0/7 ♀ 0/7

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–28 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Armenia

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Armenian Dram (AMD / ֏ )

Exchange rate

1 AMD = 0.002483 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Armenian