Location: SOS Children’s Village
The SOS Children’s Village is a place where children – particularly those who have no parental care and those whose families have to live in difficult conditions – have found their new mothers, sisters and brothers and live in families. It is situated in the Province Kotayk (15km from Yerevan), where 6-7 children live in separate cottages with their SOS mothers.
SOS Children’s village in Armenia is built and financed by SOS-Kinderdorf international non-governmental social development organization.
The SOS Children's Village family-like structure is formed by four basic principles: mother, brothers and sisters, house and village.
The camp in SOS Children’s village is organized for the 10th time this year and has become a popular and traditional one and children are looking forward to meeting the volunteers in summer.
Work:
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 the organization of a big performance and an exhibition of works which will be presented at the end by volunteers and children. 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:
Volunteers will live in a cottage on the territory of the village.
Address: SOS Children’s Village, Kotayk village, Kotayk Province (Marz)
In Armenian: Կոտայքի մարզ, Կոտայք գյուղ, ՍՈՍ Մանկական գյուղ