December 26, 2011

During the 2011 in the frames of Shen's Green Countryside project in Vardablur, Hartavan, Apnagyux, Katnaghbyur, Geghadzor and Shenik community of Armavir Marz waste collection points (landfills) were established on the communities' property lands. Currently domestic waste in above mentioned communities is regularly collected and removed from the villages to the landfills. Also in communities of Hartavan and Apnagyux, where local population is occupied by cattle breeding, Shen's organic agriculture extension specialist conducted training on biohumus production and donated necessary quantity of Californian red worms to interested in biohumus production members of the community. After 6 months during the inspection Shen's monitoring specialist found that some members of Apnagyux village started to fertilize their apple orchards with biohumus and multiplied the quantity of piles. During the spring of 2012, decorative trees will be planted in all mentioned above communities.





December 5, 2011

On December 3 and 4 several meetings, assemblies, trade fairs and other events were held dedicated to the 20th anniversary of "CHENE-France" association. The outcomes of 20 years of activities were presented to the French-Armenian diaspora. The upcoming plans were also discussed.





November 22, 2011

The festive opening ceremonies of Davit Bek (Syunik marz) and Malishka (Vayoc Dzor marz) sportshall took place on November 19. These halls were renovated within the USAID Small Scale Infrastructure Program with the joint effort of CHF Armenia, Shen and the communities. Both halls were equipped by the means that Orange Armenia provided.

The pupils and as the school headmaster assured, the young people of the village will have the opportunity to train in the equipped hall which has heating system and where sanitary conditions are kept strictly.

Malishka has always been famous for its sports traditions. Even in the dilapidated building professional box and wrestle trainings were held. As the specialists present during the opening ceremony mentioned, the renovated sportshall can be compared to the best sportshalls in the country, and state competitions can be held there.

                

A Major Community Developer in Armenia



Vision - To become a reliable partner for vulnerable rural communities in their endeavour to create better life.

Mission Statement - Shen promotes social and economic development and empowerment of remote and vulnerable communities with active involvement of community members. Through transferring new knowledge and skills, promotion of employment, improvement of community infrastructures, strengthening of community organizations, we strive to make those communities attractive for life and work.

The word "Shen" means a well-to-do, a prosperous village in Armenian. It is our goal that all the villages of Armenia will become "shens" in the foreseen future.

Shen NGO was created in 1988, by a group of professors and students of Yerevan Polytechnic Institute to address some of the urgent humanitarian problems that faced people of Armenia. As time changed, we made a shift from relief projects to integrated community development.

In 2008, Shen NGO celebrated the 20th anniversary of its establishment. This was a time of summarising our achievements. The cornerstone of all Shen development projects is long-term sustainability. This has been our vision since 1988 for all the implemented activities in over 250 rural communities of Armenia. This wouldn't be accomplished without the support of our sister NGO Shen France and the Armenian Diaspora. We would also like to acknowledge hereby our donors - World Council of Churches, Christian Aid (UK), IFAD, EED (Germany), ICCO (the Netherlands), Oxfam Novib (the Netherlands), EPER (Switzerland), KASA Foundation (Switzerland), UNDP, UNFPA, USDA, FAO, DFID, SDC.

Shen's mission is very appealing to Diaspora Armenians. In 1991 Shen-France was founded in Paris, and Shen-USA in 2000. In 2005 Shen opened a branch in Nagorno Karabagh. Shen has many supporters in Lebanon, Russia, Canada, Italy and UK. Their aim is to help their compatriots in Armenia to become well off and empowered to create their prosperity with their own hands. If this is also your dream, join us - following in the footsteps of Yalkezian Foundation (www.yalkezian.com).