Install heating in the kid's center ABC Dilijan

 Hi everyone!

My name is Svetlana Lasky. I and my team- Elizaveta Khachaturyan, Jason Lasky, Almast Yesayan and Diana Fazlieva- are opening this fundraiser to collect money to install a heating system in the Children Educational-Development Center ABC situated in Dilijan, Armenia. It is a unique center THE ONLY ONE in Dilijan!
We don’t have much time as the cold days are already here in the mountains, and this morning there was SNOW! ❄️
Children deserve to spend their studying time in a warm environment, don't they?
We would really appreciate your support. We promise to keep you updating on  every step of the process, will post the bills and photos.
Please read till the end

Early age development is a big part of human growth mentally and physically. A child with a strong foundation has greater abilities to learn and process school programs. Teachers at ABC use the surroundings to provide a true indoor/outdoor education for the kids.

 

Our students also have access to indoor and outdoor play spaces and experience age-appropriate, hands-on activities in a full scope of subjects, from literacy and math activities to technology (ages 3+), music, art, and foreign languages.

 

ABC opened its gates to children from age 3 up to 13 in July 2019. The goal is to prepare children for the 1st grade of school, giving them foundations in language skills, grammar, and math and to develop their logic and fine motor skills. Other parts of our goal is to help children from school to do their homework when parents are at work and to teach ages 5-13 main subjects and engage in extracurricular activities.

ABC works year-round, even during the summer and winter breaks!

ABC has worked through the COVID pandemic with all precautions in place!

ABC even worked during the 2020 Artsakh War!

ABC is situated in a poor area of the town within walking distance from the local school and kindergarten, which helps children attend without using transportation as transport the biggest problem in town. The nearest Educational center is in the city center, and children from our area can’t travel there on their own or with parents because of the lack of buses.

It was opened by Lilit Zargarian in summer of 2019. Lilit has several years of teaching experience in Armenia and Russia.

ABC has a big variety of programs: Preschool education (age 4-6), School subject classes (age 6-10), In-depth study of subjects and extra curricular activities (1-11 grade), After school care (age 6-12), Summer camp( 5-11).

Most importantly, the price for all the programs is very low, which makes it affordable for all kinds of families. And ABC is going to keep it that way!

 

Our team helps children from financially-challenged families to find sponsors; therefore, many kids from such families attend the center.

The work is proceeding slowly as the the monthly profit is low. But you can see how much is done!

PROGRAMMES ABC SUGGESTS:

 

✅ Preschool education ( 4-6):

Armenian language

Communicational skills (speaking)

Logic development

Russian speaking language

English speaking language

Mathematics

Development of fine motor skills

 

✅ School subject matter classes ( 6-10):

 

5 days a week our caring teachers work with students from 2pm-6pm. They help and check on kids doing their homework assignments in all school subjects, answering their questions, and explaining the difficult parts. During all 4 hours students of any age have support from the specialists.

Subjects: mathematics, Armenian language, Russian language, English language, nature-study, drawing, technology, music, chess, art

✅ In-depth study of subjects and extra curricular activities (children 1-11 grade):

English language

Mathematics

Chess

Art

Mental arithmetic

Logics

Pottery class (coming soon)

Rhythmics (coming soon)

✅ After school care ( 6-12):

Children whose parents are at work till evening can go to ABC straight from school and spend time there until 6pm. They will play games, do homework, choose activities, and have classes depending on their needs or where they have difficulties.

✅ Summer camp (5-11)

June, July, August/1pm-4pm

ABC is open during the summer vacations. Usually kids spend their days just wandering around as their parents don’t have summer vacations; it is the most hardworking time for Dilijan residents. This is a very important time for children to not only have master classes, art workshops, sport games, and lectures, but also to have classes from the school program so as to not forget what they perviously learned over the summer. ABC teachers also take kids on tours and watch interesting movies and cartoons followed by discussions.

 

ABC STATISTICS:

 

From the day ABC opened its doors two years ago, we have taught many children. One of our goals is to continue increasing student enrollment by the summer of 2022.

All programs attendance statistics:

 

 

Summer camp statistics: