ART Motion makes street art accessible to young people and teaches them how to use graffiti for raising important topics. The Art Motion team organized 2-day workshops in Armavir, Vanadzor and Vedi. Together with the workshop participants, they made 1 graffiti in each of the towns.

The leaders of this community initiative where unhappy about the way condominium associations functioned in Gyumri. Most of the time, the management of these associations did not fulfill their duty of taking care of the commonly-owned spaces of the buildings. On the other hand, the residents of the condominiums did not demand that the management bodies carry out their responsibilities.

So the team decided to raise awareness of their own neighbors about the responsibilities of the condominium associations. They prepared info-materials and went door-to-door speaking with their neighbors on this topics. They also organized renovation and design activities in their condominium and the common courtyard.

There are numerous metal mines in Syunik region and they have resulted in millions of tones of toxic waste generated in the tailing damps. Artsvanik is believed to be one of the largest tailing damps in the world. It resembles a beautiful turquoise lake from afar, while in reality it is full of toxic substances which could kill any life. "The Real Lake" is a short film which tells the story of the people who live next to this tailing damp. The authors of the film aimed at raising awareness of other young people about the huge damage that this dump causes to people's lives and the environment.

The young woman who started this initiative cares a lot for equal opportunities for the people with disabilities. She strived to find ways for young people with disabilities to interact with their peers, to do  interesting and empowering work, and to gain more financial independence.  "The Green Rise" brought together 20 young people from 4-5 communities of Gugark area who learned making textile bags and accessories. They participated in a number of exhibitions, organized activities together and started to raise awareness about pollution through plastic bags.

In the age of Climate Crisis bees are recognized as the most important species on our planet! Without bees most of the vegetation of the Earth would not be able to exist.

This community initiative was started by a young beekeeper from Uyts village near Sisian. He wanted to learn more about the role of bees in the ecosystem and about how to take care of the bees. He also wanted to bring together other young beekeepers in his area to share knowledge, to support each other and to invest in the social wellbeing of their community in addition to their private profit.

Within just a few years the initiative grew into Be Honey social enterprise. They produce their own honey, they created an apitherapy booth, and they united the beekeepers in their region for organizing the sales of honey collectively. A part of the profits of the social enterprise is channeled to the empowerment of the beekeepers' communities Uyts and Sisian.

EcoHub's young participants from Vanadzor missed places for socializing and cultural activities in their town. And they found the solution! They refurbished an old, abandoned bus into a beautiful space full of creative energy where young people of the town could come together to organize various events, volunteer and socialize. Watch the story of EcoBus here:

Shaghap village is situated next to the famous Khosrov Reserve. A wide variety of herbs grow there. The founder of Shaghap Tea creates delicious herbal mixes using the recipes of her grandmother. She recruited her fellow villagers in the processes of collection of herbs and their packaging. Everyone was trained in advance in order to learn how to harvest without damaging the plants and the biodiversity of the area. Shaghap Tea's production is certified organic. It is sold in Armenia and is exported, too. Shaghap Tea is a social enterprise which invests part of its income into the community, e.g. the first year's income was used to fund street lighting in the village.

Imagine - chamomile, thyme, mint, cinnamon and orange come to your bathroom!

Soap for Hope creates organic soaps from 100% natural ingredients, with no synthetic supplements.

The founder of the Soap for Hope is a biophysicist who studies the impact of detergents on human skin and on the environment. She also used to teach in Goghtanik village school in Artsakh/Karabagh.

Soap for Hope is a social enterprise. The profit generated from sales of soaps was invested in founding a creative laboratory in Goghtanik village which functioned until the recent war. The students learned arts  and carried out their own art projects there. Soap for Hope keeps expanding the variety of its production, creates new recipes for organic cosmetics and detergents, and plans to create new creative laboratories in different communities.

TNAC stands for Training for non-formal education and active citizenship. It is a series of workshops carried out in Vayk, Vayots Dzor region, every year since 2016. Every summer around 30 young people come together for a week to exchange experience and to learn from each other. 16-24 year-olds from all over the Armenia are welcome to apply. TNAC also introduces a new art of hosting; all the participants of this training project are hosted by local families in Vayk. Another special feature of TNAC is that most of the workshops are run by the participants themselves, although external experts and practitioners are invited, too.

Boo Mountain Bike Park started with volunteer efforts of a handful of young people, and the first work they did was building a short bike trail in the Vanadzor Canyon. But the team dreamt big! They took time for learning and gaining experience - built bicycle trails in different parts of Armenia, co-organized bicycle camps and competitions in Vanadzor.  Now Boo Mountain Bike Park is one of the leading local teams in Vanadzor which organizes cycling events and inspires locals and visitors of the town to discover hidden corners of Vanadzor, to learn about the history and cultural layers of the town. In cooperation with EcoHub, they have started furbishing bicycle routs and trails not only in Vanadzor but also throughout the Debed Canyon. They are also building a bicycle sport center in Vanadzor Canyon.