Newsletter March-May 2014

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#5 March—May, 2014

“Education is m

ore productive , when it is fun” P. Klain

Steps to a Sustainable Future

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Mentoring Phase During these three months the following group meetings were realized: “Conflicts and how to solve the conflicts”, “How to overcome mistrust”, “Self-acceptance”. Our group meetings helped mentees learn how to make constructive decisions, understand and overcome the cause of lacking confidence, as well as to recognize, accept and like the way their personality is and try to cultivate it.

“Lead me and I will follow you”

During these three months mentor-mentee pairs organized two group meetings. This concluded our mentor-mentee led meetings for the year. The presentations were: “Who I am” and “Healthy living lifestyle.” Each pair prepared a PowerPoint presentation and mentees presented with the support of their mentors.

Skill Building Phase The mentees of our Skill Building Phase learned about different computer programs, practiced those skills, and also gained other important skills.

During these three months the mentees prepared their career plans, learned how to write and prepare their course work, how to prepare PowerPoint presentations, wrote their CVs, and gained skills in writing a cover letter. These skills will help the mentees reach their career goals.

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Teaching is the best way of learning Our Skill Building Phase mentees gained a lot of knowledge and skills during these three months. Once they learned new computer skills and practiced researching on the internet, they prepared their own presentations. Our mentees organized several group meetings for their peers. They presented their career plans, as well as prepared presentations on a topic of their choice. Their topics included: “The Art of Dancing,” “The Lost Cities of the World,” “Sightseeing of Armenia,” “ The Garden of Eden,” and “Planets.”

Overall Group Meetings The overall group meetings that were realized during these three months helped our mentees learn about world famous women, who brought big changes to the world, learned about how to behave in different situations, learned to value each moment of their life and try to make it happier, and learned also about their dreams. We also organized an intellectual game “Who, what, where.” During the game there was a mentee that was awarded with “Smartest Mentee” prize. The winners got certificates and small souvenirs.

Mentoring Training During these three months the new mentoring training was started. New mentors participated in 6 meetings that revealed their own personalities, learned about the role of a mentor in a mentee’s life, what is the basis for a successful mentor-mentee relationship, learned about the important steps for a mentor, the responsibilities of a mentor, and also gained working and communicating skills to use with their mentees.

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The Successes of Our Mentees During this period our mentees took part in different competitions. The most important one was the “Veratsnund� (Renaissance) International 6th competition. One of our mentees, Liana Unusyan, participated in it and got the third prize. One of our mentees, Arpine Termenjan, took part in the Young Weightlifters Championship of Armenia and won the gold medal.

Congratulations Ladies!

Our graduates This year three of our mentees graduated. Hasmik and Seda graduated from junior school and Arpine graduated from high school. We congratulate the girls and wish them much success in their further education and we hope they have a life full of happy moments.

Hasmik Asatryan

Arpine Termenjan

Tutoring at Nor Luyce Our volunteers continue tutoring our mentees in the English and Armenian languages. Thank you volunteers for helping us realize the classes.!

Seda Mkrtchyan

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Successes of Our Staff Shoghik Mikayelyan, Executive Director of Nor Luyce, was invited to take part in an event dedicated to the mentoring relationship. The event was organized by the USA Embassy in Yerevan on March 27, 2014.

Our mentors successfully graduated from the university and got their Master’s degree. The most important thesis was written by Ani Kahchatryan and it was “The influence of mentoring relationships on the personal development of the teenage mentee.” She defended her thesis on May 19 with excellence.

“Nor Luyce” Mentoring Center for Youth Address: Gyumri, Ghorghanyan 238 Tel. 055 01 72 19 093 47 81 47

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