Vanadzor’s Children Support Center offers a warm meal, educational, spiritual, emotional support to over 100 children aged 6-18 at any given time. Many of these young people are from underprivileged backgrounds, and the center provides them with counseling, education, and simply gives them a home far from home. At the center, they can delve into many different extracurricular activities. These children also receive school bags, necessary stationary, and some clothing items at the beginning of school year. The center serves the entire region of Lori, taking kids under their roof from villages near and far.

We, at Ayo!, would like to add a new dynamic to the center: a greenhouse. We will raise $7,025 to install an 10 by 13-meter greenhouse, to be used as an extension of the center’s offerings. Children will partake in horticulture in a safe, closed environment, with engaged instructors introducing a mind and eye for sustainable development for the surrounding region of Lori. Under their tutelage, the greenhouse will supply vegetables to the community and provide another revenue stream for the children center to expand its resources. Thus, the most underprivileged children will play an active role in their own city, providing a commodity that in turn supports their community and the center itself.