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Leadership & Volunteering

Directions: Youth leadership, Volunteerism, Active Citizenship

Objectives:

  • Promote positive impact on youth work at local level and integration of youth in to society at large
  • Increase capacity and effectiveness of young people to address local issues encouraging their spirit of initiative and active participation in the development of the local community
  • Promote more engaged, empowered and knowledgeable young people actively collaborate with local organizations in solving local issues
  • Provide a platform for exchanging experience, skills and information, and developing leadership and life skills
  • Provide opportunities to meet outstanding young leaders from different sectors of the society and peers from other countries
  • Encourage and facilitate initiation and implementation of small community projects

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Description:

All activities of the SYC are directed to involvement of young people in community, promotion of their active participation, development of youth volunteerism and leadership. Many projects would not come true without the dedication and efforts of our volunteers!

The role of young people is crucial in the development of civil society, through their participation, activeness and involvement. Efforts to encourage youth service/participation are one of the best ways to ensure youth are viewed by the community and by themselves as resources and solutions rather than problems and victims. In today's globalization, fast moving and complex society, education for citizenship is increasingly important. If we know our rights, duties and responsibilities and understand the nature of democratic behavior, and if we have practiced some of the skills of participation and joined in reflective discussion, then we are much more likely and much better equipped to play an active role in the wider community. As future leaders young people has a great potential to promote as important actors and not just factors in social change processes.

In the process of development, Armenia has various difficulties and problems to solve; in such situation young people are somewhat discouraged and often take passive role. The situation is particularly relevant in small towns, where there are few opportunities for employment, leisure, self-expression and self-development. Young people who are willing to initiate, organize, invest own efforts for the community development are not few. Still they do not have possibilities to acquire needed skills and to input their energy. As a result many young people, especially young professionals leave our town (Stepanavan) not only for abroad, but also to bigger cities of Armenia. Many young people and high school students have difficulties connected with decision making, team work, obtaining necessary information, professional orientation, time management, leisure and future planning. Internet as a huge and important resource of information is not accessible for almost all young people in small towns. This situation leads to low civil involvement and activeness of youth, irresolution among them.

The contribution of youth leaders in youth activeness and their full involvement in the society is big. Educating, providing necessary skills, knowledge to youth leaders; showing possible ways of realization of their ideas, projects will promote their initiation, confidence in their own strengths, self-mastery and self management skills and will facilitate professional orientation. Young leaders can involve peers in the implementation of their projects, and assist in peer education, acting as multipliers. Afterwards as active leaders in their schools, institutions, in towns they will assist in the development of activeness among youth of town in large.

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