The AYF-YOARF Central Executive is proud to announce a new project this year called Tebi Javakhk.

During the 2011 AYF-YOARF Convention, a decision was made to focus the AYF's efforts on a city within Historic Armenia or the Diaspora.  The purpose of this effort was to educate AYF members on the current conditions of the city, provide assistance to the Armenians living there, and establish communication between our youth and the youth living there.  Javakhk was chosen this year because of the difficult living conditions created by the discriminatory policies of the Georgian government.

Since January, the Central Executive has been educating local chapters on Javakhk and working with them to develop fundraising and material collection projects.  In the meantime, the AYF's Central Hai Tahd Committee has been working on an effort to establish communication between the youth of the two regions.  The result of CHTC's efforts is a Day Camp for the youth of Javakhk to be run by counselors from the AYF-YOARF Eastern Region.

Within the months of July and August, there will be two separate day camps, one in Akhalkalak and one in Akhaltsukha. These camps will be open to 50 children each within the ages of 5-16.   The camp program will include educationals, games and activities of all kinds and of course a Hantes for all the friends and families of the participants.  Local AYF-YOARF Eastern Region members are eager to be a part of this project and, per the project's name, “put their boots on the ground” in Javakhk.

Additional information on the Tebi Javakhk project will be released in the next few weeks, particularly information on how local Armenian community members can  help.  For immediate questions, concerns or comments, please contact the AYF Central Hai Tahd Committed at [email protected] or on facebook at “Tebi Javakhk”  http://www.facebook.com/TebiJavakhk .

Ungeragan Cherm Parevner

AYF-YOARF Eastern Region Central Executive