The “New Armenia” Humanitarian support center is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, founded in 1995.

The first two years were aimed at civil activation and social stability of students, organized jointly with the Student Council of the Yerevan State University. Later, in a short time, we have registered one of the main problems of the Armenian changing society – the collapse of childhood. Children of Armenia were the first victims of economic, political, social and ideological crises. The matter was that after the break-up of Soviet regime the “democracy and market economy” dictated by outside world and, as their consequence, the market relations (also on the interpersonal level) nearly exterminated national traditions, replacing them with satellites of the Golden Calf – Capital: poverty, begging, vagrancy, ignorance… And when the whole world has firmly clinged to the system of the Matrix, not even thinking about the real value of “reforms”, under the patent expansion of some states named “globalization”, we came to a conclusion that now “it’s the time to gather stones” and did our best trying to save those, who were thrown away to the slums by the whirlwinds of civilization.

We exactly knew that there isn’t a stranger’s pain and that the deprivation of childhood of any child, irrespective of his/her nationality, religion and social status, – is everybody’s sin. This was the cause, that since 1996 we have started our work with street children of Armenia, realizing different corresponding activity (social work, psychological and medical assistance, rights protection and etc.). At the same time we have tried to focus state and public attention on the problem of child abuse and neglect, and series of corresponding activities had been realized (TV and radio programs, seminars, workshops, mass events and etc.).

In a course of time the situation has been changed: many organizations had finally perceived the importance of rehabilitation and prevention of risk and delinquency among teenagers, and so it was that joint efforts has brought to the improvement of the situation, and gradually the united system of prevention of child neglect in Armenia has started to form.

Since 2003 we are involved in civil activity on large scale basis and participate in civil-political processes going on in our Republic. There were a lot of causes to start this kind of activity, but the main one was and is the same “sense of responsibility”, and we have suddenly realized that it is too hard and even no need to think about the Morrow, and the only thing we may do – to remain loyal to the principles of Honor and Purity and do what we are able to do.

Just in this context we have started to enlarge educational programs being concentrated mainly on the new generation: with the hope that we will be able to provide mental, spiritual and moral development of the new generation and, on the other hand, to discover bearers of the bright spark and to help them to keep and strengthen the light. Gradually this kind of activity has become our main strategy…

The following main projects were carried out during the last 5 years:

·          School-camp on civil education 2005 - 2006;

·          “Pupils Council of Yerevan”, including psychological trainings, 2006;

·          “The improvement of Playgrounds for children” – establishment of 5 free playgrounds in different communities, 2006;

·          “Citizenship: Learning, Practicing, Reflecting” – seminars and trainings for students,  2006;

·          “Folk Epos: Contact and Understanding”, seminars and trainings for students, 2006;

·     “Black&White“ discussion club, political, social and other issues, 2006 - 2007;

·      Psychological trainings for students, 2007 - 2008;

·          School for Seekers – philosophical trainings for students, 2006 - 2009;

·     “Concept of the Path“, training-course, 2006 - 2009;

·     “Tolerance as a Result of Understanding“, seminars and trainings for students, 2007;

·     “Tea-table talks on Tibet“, training-course, 2007 - 2010;

·      “Youth and Values” school-camp, 2008;

·       Trainings on intercultural dialogue for youth, 2008 - 2009;

·     "Who is an Armenian" discussion club, 2009;

·    "National Crisis: the Ways of Solution" seminars, 2009;

·      School for Seekers – trainings for students "Concept of the Path", 2009 - 2011;

·     "Meditations and spiritual techniques” training-course, 2009 - 2011;

·          Open lectures on Tibet, 2009-2011;

·          Seminars "Armenian system of values", 2011;

·     "Way of Honor” trainings and cultural-educational events, 2010;

·         Club "Armenian Fantasy", 2011;

·          "We" Elite Youth Club, 2011;

·          Psychological trainings for youth, 2011;

·        Joint scientific researches, 20009-2011.