Nor Luyce NGO’s three month newsletter

“Education is more productive, when it is

fun” P. Klain

#5 March—May, 2014

Steps to a Sustainable

Future

Mentoring Phase

During these three months the following group meetings

were realized: “Conflicts and how to solve the conflicts”,

“How to overcome mistrust”, “Self-acceptance”. Our group

meetings helped mentees learn how to make constructive

decisions, understand and overcome the cause of lacking

confidence, as well as to recognize, accept and like the way

their personality is and try to cultivate it.

“Lead me and I will follow you”

During these three months mentor-mentee pairs organized

two group meetings. This concluded our mentor-mentee

led meetings for the year. The presentations were: “Who I

am” and “Healthy living lifestyle.” Each pair prepared a

PowerPoint presentation and mentees presented with the

support of their mentors.

Skill Building Phase

The mentees of our Skill Building Phase learned

about different computer programs, practiced

those skills, and also gained other important skills.

During these three months the mentees prepared

their career plans, learned how to write and

prepare their course work, how to prepare Power-

Point presentations, wrote their CVs, and gained

skills in writing a cover letter. These skills will

help the mentees reach their career goals.

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Mentoring Training

During these three months the new mentoring training was

started. New mentors participated in 6 meetings that revealed

their own personalities, learned about the role of a mentor in a

mentee’s life, what is the basis for a successful mentor-mentee

relationship, learned about the important steps for a mentor,

the responsibilities of a mentor, and also gained working and

communicating skills to use with their mentees.

Overall Group Meetings

The overall group meetings that were realized during these three

months helped our mentees learn about world famous women,

who brought big changes to the world, learned about how to

behave in different situations, learned to value each moment of

their life and try to make it happier, and learned also about their

dreams. We also organized an intellectual game “Who, what,

where.” During the game there was a mentee that was awarded

with “Smartest Mentee” prize. The winners got certificates and

small souvenirs.

Teaching is the best way of learning

Our Skill Building Phase mentees gained a lot of knowledge

and skills during these three months. Once they learned new

computer skills and practiced researching on the internet, they

prepared their own presentations. Our mentees organized

several group meetings for their peers. They presented their

career plans, as well as prepared presentations on a topic of

their choice. Their topics included: “The Art of Dancing,” “The

Lost Cities of the World,” “Sightseeing of Armenia,” “ The Gar-

den of Eden,” and “Planets.”

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The Successes of Our Mentees

During this period our mentees took part in different competitions. The most important one was the

“Veratsnund” (Renaissance) International 6th competition. One of our mentees, Liana Unusyan, par-

ticipated in it and got the third prize. One of our mentees, Arpine Termenjan, took part in the Young

Weightlifters Championship of Armenia and won the gold medal.

Congratulations Ladies!

Our graduates

This year three of our mentees graduated. Hasmik and Seda graduated from junior school and Arpine

graduated from high school. We congratulate the girls and wish them much success in their further

education and we hope they have a life full of happy moments.

Hasmik Asatryan Arpine Termenjan Seda Mkrtchyan

Tutoring at Nor Luyce

Our volunteers continue tutoring our mentees in the English

and Armenian languages. Thank you volunteers for

helping us realize the classes.!

“Nor Luyce” Mentoring Center for Youth

Address: Gyumri, Ghorghanyan 238 nluyce@gmail.com

Tel. 055 01 72 19 shoghermikaelyan@yahoo.com

093 47 81 47 mkrtchyantamara@gmail.com

www.norluyce.com

https://www.facebook.com/norluyce

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Successes of Our Staff

Shoghik Mikayelyan, Executive Director of Nor Luyce, was in-

vited to take part in an event dedicated to the mentoring rela-

tionship. The event was organized by the USA Embassy in

Yerevan on March 27, 2014.

Our mentors successfully graduated from the university and got their Master’s

degree. The most important thesis was written by Ani Kahchatryan and it was

“The influence of mentoring relationships on the personal development of the

teenage mentee.” She defended her thesis on May 19 with excellence.