📢 From a schoolchild in a remote village to teaching Armenians in the US.

16-year-old Leili Khachatryan is from Meghvahovit, village of Lori. Having volunteered at MEM for 3 years, she was involved in several projects, and now she is the coordinator of MEM's Educational Department.

Although there is no school in her native village and she needs to attend a school in the neighbouring village for education, the stubborn and inflexible girl does not give up on difficulties. "Sometimes we had to walk 7 kilometres, but the obstacles are surmountable. the important thing is to go after the goal and not be afraid of dreaming big," she says.

📚 Due to self-education, gaining experience, knowledge, and developing skills, Leyli taught Armenians in the United States digital literacy at the age of 14.

Many young people like Leyli need you. Take responsibility, change lives, and help create leaders for the country's balanced development.

You can become a sponsor of any child by donating 8,000 drams per month on the reArmenia platform, receive reports on her/his progress and, of course, meet her/him. 💚

Our results are not our children, but their results.

👋 Mariam Sahakyan from the Damala village of Javakhk has been volunteering at MEM for 4 years. After many years of involvement in various community activities, she founded "Ari" anticafe in her native village.

The young leader presented herself as a speaker at #DemArDem regional forum and shocked the whole hall with his speech. 💛

Watch the clip about Mariam and her activities in the village here․

🤗You are also invited

Dear partners,

We are happy to announce that MEM and Skill Event Marketing Company jointly organise a unique forum “DemArDem: A Dialogue of Generations.”

🔖 Our goal is to provide a platform for presenting to all young people with unique experiences and valuable insights, who have already succeeded in their respective fields. The most successful specialists, businessmen, and intellectuals from Armenia will listen and ask questions to the young attendees.

WHAT AWAITS YOU?

🔸 Speeches from young leaders,

🔸 Question and answer sessions,

🔸 Exhibitions,

🔸 Networking opportunities,

🔸 Final concert.

The forum will take place:

🗓 on March 30,

📌 in the Palace of Culture of Vardenis.

We would be delighted to see you as one of the event's special guests. 💚

You can confirm your participation here.

Sincerely, MEM team

MEM is a member of the "VOGEZEN" community

During the concluding conference of the year of the VOGEZEN platform, MEM also gave a speech and presented the activities taking place within the community and security frameworks.

✅️ Within the framework of the project, many MEM members participated in POGA campaigns and ten-day gatherings of VOMA, and won the Davitbek games in 2023.

✅️MEM members also took part in the implementation of the GMBET project.

MEM members, performing various tasks, and accumulating points, can donate them to various projects, 1 MEMcoin is 250 drams. Thus, MEM makes cash transfers for points. The members of MEM collected their accumulated MEMcoins and donated about 100,000 drams to military sports structures.

✅️As a result of community solidarity, about 2,000 tires were brought to the border.

✅️ Many other activities.

✅️Various seminars, courses, and podcasts are organized to spread the concept of comprehensive security.

The second offline workshop of MEM management staff is also a reality.

On November 17-19 at coworking Focus Point Drakhtik was held

a three-day workshop wich important part was:

🔸Presentation of the functions of the MEM departments to each other,

🔸familiarity with educational topics,

🔸raising and discussing problems.

As a result of the meeting, departments developed mechanisms for solving problems, which will improve the quality of management.

The workshops will be periodic in nature.

On the last day of the workshop, the management staff of MEM visited Gagarin village of Gegharkunik region, there was an exchange of experience, during which MEM deputies told about their journey, and the active youth of the village told about their community activities.

📢 An influential story that represents the power of the Network and cooperation...

The Artsakh "Munk" technical school, with the joint efforts of the MEM and leaders, was reopened in Lori.

🔰 The "Munk" technical school operating in the village of Haghorti in Artsakh, which provided IT education to children over 12 years old, faced the danger of stopping its activities, because the latter's staff could be scattered in different places of Armenia after the displacement.

MEM, having learned about the fact that Artsakh residents are provided with accommodation in Tashir city and nearby settlements, contacted "Tashir Group" through mentors, presented the situation and achieved results, solving several problems at the same time.

"Tashir Group" provided comfortable apartments and office space to the entire teaching staff of the school.

🔹️ The displaced families from Artsakh received housing.

🔹️ The staff of the school remained concentrated in the same area, thanks to which the "Munk" technical school was not disbanded...

"Munk" has moved to Lori, Tashir, and will soon have a branch in Vanadzor.

As a beautiful continuation of this story, MEM and Munk will jointly create a network of coworking spaces, spreading throughout the country.

And MEM will continue its way of speaking and acting with results...

Tasks for the youth of regions…

As a result of the cooperation between Meknark.am and MEM, many young people are able to develop their soft and hard skills by performing various tasks, as well as earn symbolic money.

As a result, employers who post the task get the opportunity to focus on more extensive work.

As a result of one year of cooperation, MEM volunteers were given more than 100 tasks.

There were also cases when the volunteer received a job offer after completing the task.

In order to become a donor-employer on Meknark.am, you need to register on the website as an employer, post a task, and MEM volunteers will perform them with the best possible quality.

Website link: https://meknark.am/ 

On the initiative of MEM NGO, a video call was held between MEM and Armat Glendale.

10 MEM members and more than 20 Glendale Armatians participated in the video call to create new and strong bonds.

During the video call, the common directions between the projects and the children were discussed.

As a result of the meeting, one mentor has already joined MEM and participates in the 6:00 MEM club every morning.

We are confident that this video call will be the beginning of many new collaborations between us and the Diaspora.

7-day camp in Drakhtik: Summary of the pilot phase 1 of the educational program.

The 7-day camp in the background of Lake Sevan marked the conclusion of the 1st stage of the MEM educational program.

The daily life of the campers was filled with various speeches and activities.

📌 Online meeting with Hamshen Armenian leader,

📌 Horse riding,

📌 Meeting with the representative of IT company "Goya" on the topic "Corporate culture from the perspective of leadership".

📌 SMART and SWOT analysis,

📌 First aid classes, where the best performing students were presented with cords, bags,

📌 Conversations with the volunteers of the "ՄշակութաMET" project about the project, as well as embroidery and photography courses.

📌 An ideological conversation with Armenologist Noemi Andreasyan about realizing the importance of Armenian identity.

📌 Russian language conversation club with an Armenian repatriated from Ukraine,

📌 Discussion with Gevorg Poghosyan, director of ReArmenia cooperation platform,

📌 Meeting about storytelling with Ashot Khudgaryan.

During the entire camp, the participants raised problems related to their region and community and tried to find solutions for them.

The works were presented to a specially selected jury, by whose decision the "Kajaznuni" team of Javakhk residents, which had thoroughly analyzed the threats to Armenian protection in Javakhk and proposed solutions to that problem, was recognized as the winner and received a monetary reward.

It should be noted that the participants are not going to limit themselves to the above results. The already divided teams will continue to solve the problems raised by themselves, the results of which we will talk about very soon.

Strength and will are the key to victory

🏁 From July 24 to 30, the Davitbek Games 2023 annual youth-patriotic competition-festival in Kapan brought together young people from different settlements of Armenia who came to test their strategic and tactical powers, as well as their cultural, historical, and spiritual knowledge. The MEM team also took part in the games.

Throughout the 7 days, the participants competed against each other in various fields, such as terrain orientation,fire preparation, hiking, first aid, etc.

🥇Competing with 9 teams, the MEM team became the winner in the Davitbek games and took the honorable 1st position.

We thank the Davitbek games for organizing such an event and involving young people.

The offline workshop of the management staff of MEM, director and deputies took place in Stepanavan.

MEM Deputies are young people aged 16 to 18 who have gained knowledge, important soft and hard skills through volunteering at MEM and have now entered paid employment.

The following topics were discussed during the workshop:

 🔹 Improving communication in teams,

 🔹 Correct division of work in teams,

 🔹 Regulation of interpersonal relationships in teams, etc.

Also, a visit to Stepanavan library took place, the MEM was presented, the participants of the workshop interacted with the local youth.

"Computer +" is one of the successful programs of MEM.

The purpose of the program is to equip the active, dedicated and like-minded volunteers of the MEM NGO with the necessary technical devices.

Starting from 2021, 120 of the 159 volunteers who received equipment have already started working. The vast majority of them are in the regions and work remotely...

Let's summarize the #քայլիրորքայլեն contest, in which MEM volunteers also participated, registering the best results.

From June 10 to 15, dozens of teams consisting of 2 participants would compete. the walker and sponsor. The sponsor, equivalent to the number of steps taken by the walker, had to make a donation on the reArmenia platform, to the MetaGait device project, which is a rehabilitation device for our boys with disabilities.

The walkers in 26 teams were MEM volunteers, 3 winners were also members of MEM.

The total revenue of the competition was 3.510.779 AMD.

Thank you to everyone involved in making this competition a huge success.

Thanks to the competition, we were convinced that our collective efforts can bring positive changes in Armenia and the world.

MEM at Renderforest.

On June 1st, the annual Renderforest event was attended by representatives of the MEM NGO. During the event, they presented the MEM, its carried out activities, as well as some of the successful MEM programs.

🔹"Digital Generation"

🔹"Armenian Youtubers",

🔹"Gift a Day"

🔹"Computer +".

Thanks to such effective cooperation and the involvement of like-minded young people in significant events, the members of the MEM were able to gain experience in speaking freely in front of the audience, presenting their programs and their results in the best possible way, making new connections and acquaintances.

And at the end, we received a gift subscription from Renderforest.

Our result is young people who today are able to communicate with similar organizations.

Let's be inspired, learn and develop together.

Today, June 1, MEM turns 4 years old.

During these 4 years, MEM has recorded and continues to record many successes.

MEM started the first phase of the educational program from May 22, within the scope of which we have 46 beneficiaries of the educational program and 12 trainers.

Within the framework of the first stage, the following groups were formed:

• Digital Literacy course: 2 groups,
• Russian language course: 3 groups,
• English course: 5 groups.

The participants participate in the classes with great motivation and share the ideas that the educational program provides.

The educational program wants to create an image of an Armenian who will be a patriot, will be digital, will have soft and hard skills, will be a lawyer, a mature person in the business field, who will be able to use all these resources for the development of the community, region and Armenia.

Dear colleagues,

we attach expense reports for the month of March

✔ Hey, the turning point has arrived...

MEM becomes an educational program and calls children:

1️⃣ to acquire universal knowledge: from digital literacy to media literacy, from survival to law, etc., which are necessary for everyone in the modern world, from psychologist to physicist, from clergyman to programmer,

2️⃣ to learn foreign languages,

3️⃣ to develop soft skills,

4️⃣ to acquire professional orientation,

5️⃣ in case of high results, to have the opportunity to be "armed" with various tools: from computer equipment to narrow courses, from tasks to mentoring, from internship to own projects, etc.

6️⃣ to become a pioneer of change in the community by participating in local self-government or creating high-impact projects, have the opportunity to receive a grant,

7️⃣ to travel and get to know the Motherland by participating in visits, expeditions and outdoor and non-outdoor camps organized after each stage.

The duration of the project is more than 12 months and will be implemented in 4 phases, they are:

1. (1-3 months) - To MEM: digital and media literacy, foreign languages speaking clubs, ideological works, concluding offline camp.

2. (4-6 months) - Towards knowledge: soft skills, professional orientation, endurance (first aid and first psychological aid, civil defense and survival skills), concluding offline camp.

3. (7-12 months) - Towards the community: legal, financial, business literacy, data analysis, management and real tasks (but not limited to) and experience related to the community, concluding offline camp.

4. (13 + months) - Towards changes: advanced municipal management, support, mentoring and consulting, grants for community development and community business projects, concluding offline camp.

Dear colleagues!,

we attach expense reports for December and January.

There has been a change in the goals and spending areas and monetary volumes of our fundraising campaign.

Budget

Dear Colleagues,

attached are the expense reports of the computers purchased in October and November.

We present a financial report for May 24 - August 12.

On August 22-24, there was a camp mood in the village of Haghorti in Artsakh.

The youth of RA and Artsakh gathered in one place to participate in the "Armenian Young Leaders Forum" leadership tent camp, the purpose of which was to implement community projects in the village thanks to the teams formed during the camp.

The camp was organized thanks to the cooperation of MEM, "ArmGyugh" project and reArmenia platform.

During the 3 days, the campers had active entertainment and a full daily life. On the agenda were:

• seminars - discussions,
• watching movies,
• purification,
• competition of ideas.

The enthusiasm of young people was great. They returned with unforgettable memories and high spirits.

We thank you for being by our side and helping us in organizational matters.

WE DID IT!

🤝 About 50 participants, more than 6 speakers, 7 unforgettable days at the MEM camp.

On July 11-17, the annual MEM tent camp was held in Koghb village of Tavush.

During the 7 days, the campers had a full daily life and active entertainment. On the agenda were:

✅meetings with the community head of Noyemberyan and the administrative head of Koghb on the topics of communities, the role of young people in communities,

✅discussions on skills, personal growth, professional orientation and other topics with mentors and seniors of the MEM network,

✅expeditions and quest games in Koghb village and the surrounding areas of the camp.

We thank Noyemberyan Municipality, Koghb art school for providing camp space and helping with various matters on the spot, POGA and VOMA branches for providing camping property, for donating a portable speaker to Strong Mind NGO and to all individuals and organizations for trusting us and for financial support.

By subscribing, donors allow us to plan further steps, make ambitious and bold decisions.

At 05/07/2022 we have on the site:

• 26 donors with subscriptions, which is 43,33% of the total number of donors (60),
• who together transfer 190 000 AMD, which is 34.55% of the first threshold of the required amount, 23.75% of the second threshold, 15.20% of the third threshold.

Thank you for your trust, together WE CAN.

By subscribing, donors allow us to plan further steps, make ambitious and bold decisions.

At 06/06/2022 we have on the site:

• 21 donors with subscriptions, which is 41.17% of the total number of donors (51),
• who together transfer 157,800 AMD, which is 28.69% of the first threshold of the required amount, 19.73% of the second threshold, 12.62% of the third threshold.

Thank you for your trust, together WE CAN.

One month after the fundraising, 159,100 AMD - 28.93% of the required monthly amount of 550,000 AMD was collected․

34 people made a donation, of which 18 people - 52.94% made it with a monthly subscription, which makes 120,300 AMD - 75.61% of the collected 159,100 AMD.

🤗 Dear supporters,

we present the financial report for March.

Thank you for sharing our vision and being a part of this important work. 💚

We want to remind you that each of you has the power to change the life of at least one child from the region. You can provide them with opportunities and a nurturing environment.

🤝 We invite you to become a partner in creating future patriotic leaders and contribute to the balanced development of our homeland.

For just 8,000 AMD per month, you can become a sponsor of one child from the region.

📈 We will update you on their progress with reports sent every two months, ensuring transparency and accountability.

🤗 Dear supporters,

we present the financial report for the month of February.

We are grateful for the trust in us and for the contribution to the development of a decentralized community of committed leaders. 💚

Dear colleagues,

we attach expense reports for the month of December․

Dear colleagues,

we attach expense reports for the month of October.

Dear colleagues,

we attach expense reports for the month of August.

Dear colleagues,

we attach expense reports for the month of June.

Dear colleagues,

we attach expense reports for the month of April.

In October and November, 3 computers were bought and given to:

Gagik Grigoryan, Gegharkunik, village Nerkin Getashen,

Argam Amiraghyan, Tavush, Noyemberyan city,

Armine Harutyunyan, Aragatsotn, Aragats village.

Expense reports will be attached until 01/12/2022.