YEREVAN CHILD CARE AND SUPPORT CENTRE ZATIK
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Armenia
Education
Children
Renovation
Education
Group
+2
Fixed dates
About the project
YEREVAN CHILD CARE AND SUPPORT CENTRE ZATIK
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Our partnair was founded in 1965 and is registered as a non-governmental organization. It is a member of the Coordinating Committee of International Voluntary Service (CCIVS) at UNESCO and the Alliance of European Voluntary Service organizations.
The main activities run by HUJ are for and with volunteers, mainly the young people. The regular activities of our organisation include exchange of volunteers with different organisations, opening of international workcamps in Armenia, preparation and sending volunteers to different trainings and seminars, as well as EVS and other long-term projects.
The essential aims of the organisation are to raise the social competences and employability of the youth by organising activities for national and foreign volunteers in various programs in Armenia (workcamps, training courses, medium and long-term projects) as well as facilitating the participation of local and national volunteers in similar projects abroad; to take care of orphans, children with special needs and socially indigent people by proposing activities to and for them and making them more visible for local, national and international communities.
The main activities run by HUJ are for and with volunteers, mainly the young people. The regular activities of our organisation include exchange of volunteers with different organisations, opening of international workcamps in Armenia, preparation and sending volunteers to different trainings and seminars, as well as EVS and other long-term projects.
The essential aims of the organisation are to raise the social competences and employability of the youth by organising activities for national and foreign volunteers in various programs in Armenia (workcamps, training courses, medium and long-term projects) as well as facilitating the participation of local and national volunteers in similar projects abroad; to take care of orphans, children with special needs and socially indigent people by proposing activities to and for them and making them more visible for local, national and international communities.
💼 What the programme involves
During the workcamp volunteers will organize different workshops with children, where they can draw, sculpture, dance, sing, and organize sport games and other things according to the talents and abilities of the volunteers. Volunteers together with children shall present a national song, dance or perform a scene, showing their country’s culture and traditions.
The tasks of the volunteers are as follows: in the morning they will be involved in some renovation work on the territory of the centre, in the afternoon: aesthetic education of children and preparation of the final concert.
Volunteers are asked to bring CDs with national songs and a developed idea on his/her own part of the concert/performance.
All our camps have become traditional. Types of the works are renovation, ecological, cultural, aesthetic work with children. The work is expected to be interesting and various.
All our camps have become traditional. Types of the works are renovation, ecological, cultural, aesthetic work with children. The work is expected to be interesting and various.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will stay in a separate place in the orphanage. They will be provided with beds.
🍲 Food
Do not worry about sleeping bags, as you will stay in building/cottages of the hosting organizations where you will be provided with beds/mattresses and bedding packs. Making beds and keeping the rooms neat and clean every day is obligatory.
Volunteers will prepare the food themselves. You will taste all kinds of Armenian traditional food, such as dolma, khorovats (barbecue), kiabab, khashlama, incomparable fruits of Ararat Valley - apricots, grapes, peaches, apples, berries.
Volunteers will prepare the food themselves. You will taste all kinds of Armenian traditional food, such as dolma, khorovats (barbecue), kiabab, khashlama, incomparable fruits of Ararat Valley - apricots, grapes, peaches, apples, berries.
📍 About the location
Zatik” is located in Yerevan. This year the camp in this venue will be organized for the 12th time.
🎒 Leisure activities
Armenia is called an open-air museum. A lot of interesting excursions and visits to historical monuments and museums will be organized during the workcamp.
The excursions to the following sights will be organized on the expense of HUJ: 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 also visit Matenadaran-storehouse of ancient manuscripts, Historical Museum of Armenia, National Gallery of Armenia, museum of famous film director S. Parajanov, Vernissage – Armenian big souvenirs market under the open sky.
There will be different games, Armenian dancing and language lessons organized in the workcamp.
The excursions to the following sights will be organized on the expense of HUJ: 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 also visit Matenadaran-storehouse of ancient manuscripts, Historical Museum of Armenia, National Gallery of Armenia, museum of famous film director S. Parajanov, Vernissage – Armenian big souvenirs market under the open sky.
There will be different games, Armenian dancing and language lessons organized in the workcamp.
⚠️ Requirements
It is very important to take along different table games, songbooks, children song CDs for work with children and for using in the performances/concerts to be organized for the last day of the workcamp.
During the workcamp volunteers will be organizing the “Days of countries” when each volunteer shall present his/her country, so please bring photos and booklets describing your country, recipes of national dishes, national songs.
You will have free time after the work, so you can bring your music instruments, CDs with your favorite national songs and music and, of course, your high spirit and your creativity.
During the workcamp volunteers will be organizing the “Days of countries” when each volunteer shall present his/her country, so please bring photos and booklets describing your country, recipes of national dishes, national songs.
You will have free time after the work, so you can bring your music instruments, CDs with your favorite national songs and music and, of course, your high spirit and your creativity.
🤝 Meeting point
Volunteers of your camp will meet you at the airport only in case if your arrival time is during the day (between 8:00-24:00).
If your arrival time is after midnight, you will have to look for a bus or take a taxi to the workcamp (the price of the taxi to all the workcamps in Yerevan is 8-10 Euro.
If your arrival time is after midnight, you will have to look for a bus or take a taxi to the workcamp (the price of the taxi to all the workcamps in Yerevan is 8-10 Euro.
ℹ️ Additional information
Time : GMT + 4 hours
Climate, temperature : Continental, average temperature in summer +25°- +35°C
Capital : Yerevan
Currency : - 1 Euro = 518 Dram - 1 USD = 480 Dram
Visa-free regime for EU and CIS citizens.
Citizens of other countries should pay a visa fee 6 EUR for single entry up to 21 days of stay on the territory of the Republic of Armenia. The up-to-date list of countries not needing visa to enter Armenia is available here: http://mfa.am/en/visa)
To get more information about Armenia, we recommend you to visit the following websites:
www.armeniainfo.am
www.armenia.com
www.armeniapedia.org
Climate, temperature : Continental, average temperature in summer +25°- +35°C
Capital : Yerevan
Currency : - 1 Euro = 518 Dram - 1 USD = 480 Dram
Visa-free regime for EU and CIS citizens.
Citizens of other countries should pay a visa fee 6 EUR for single entry up to 21 days of stay on the territory of the Republic of Armenia. The up-to-date list of countries not needing visa to enter Armenia is available here: http://mfa.am/en/visa)
To get more information about Armenia, we recommend you to visit the following websites:
www.armeniainfo.am
www.armenia.com
www.armeniapedia.org
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30/06/2017 → 13/07/2017
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ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–99 years old
Solidarity donation
260.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Yerevan, Armenia
Armenia
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Armenian Dram (AMD / ֏ )
Exchange rate
1 AMD = 0.002483 EUR
Rate as of 31/05/2026
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🗣️ Languages spoken
English
Armenian