July 30, 2012 When I registered to be part of AYF Canada’s youth corps program, I knew that it was going to be a different experience than a typical trip to Armenia as I was going to
July 27, 2012 Today, AYF Canada’s Camp Vanadzor group dedicated the entire day to the memory of the five young men who entered the Turkish embassy in Lisbon on July 27, 1983, and sacrificed their lives to ensure that the issue of the Armenian genocide isn’t forgotten and brought to
July 25, 2012 Let the Olympics begin! Our day camp continued with great spirits as we kicked off the highly anticipated Olympic games and encouraged teamwork among the different groups as they competed against each other. The youngsters enthusiastically competed and cheered for
July 23, 2012 Despite the fact that we have been exploring several different cities for the past week revisiting memories as well as creating new ones, visiting churches and monument and trying new foods, today was something rather more fulfilling. Today was day one of Camp Vanadzor,
July 22, 2012 A few more photos from our trip to Artsakh in Shushi and Stepanakert. A truly emotional experience. We have made the trip back and arrived in Vanadzor. We finally start our camp tomorrow and are very excited. We will update soon! If you would like to help
July 19, 2012 We are walking among legends. Our trip takes us to the Independent Republic of Artsakh for three days and we have already fallen in love with it’s beauty and landmarks. On July 18th, we met an Armenian family from the town of Aparan. True to tradition,
July 17 2012 Hello from Armenia! We finally arrived yesterday, spending the night in Yerevan. After having a delicious authentic Armenian breakfast at the hostel, we headed out and started travelling the country to do some sightseeing. We first visited Khor
Our group has now met up in Paris as we wait for connecting flight. Next stop, Yerevan, Armenia! Information about the AYF Canada Youth Corps program can be found here: http://www.ardziv.org/ayfcan/yc/
Hello everyone and welcome to our Camp Diary! We are a group of 7 AYF Canada volunteers from Montreal, Toronto and Cambridge who will soon be travelling to Vanadzor, the 3rd largest city in Armenia, to organize and oversee a free two week camp for 100 local children. Connecting the