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Posted 05 December 2012 - 08:48 AM

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[The NOR LUYCE MENTORING CENTER FOR YOUTH, a Gyumri-based organization, seeks short term volunteers to support the organization's activities aimed at providing orphan children with mentoring relationships with professional adults -- helping to improve academic achievement, problem-solving ability, setting and aspiring to reach short and long term goals, preparing for college and a career, and improving self esteem]

Our organization is named “Nor Luyce”, an Armenian phrase which translates literally as “new light” but has connotations of a new beginning, an appropriate name we think for an organization that is dedicated to improving the future of children. It was established by a retired professor and his businessman son who are, respectively, the son and grandson of 1920 immigrants from Turkey to the United States.

Richard Chackerian, Ph.D., taught and did research at Florida State University for thirty four years before his retirement in 2003. His research and teaching reflect his life long interest in how the large tides of history effect our institutions and in turn how individuals define who they are and what they value.

Ara Chackerian is an active angel investor and board member of many young entrepreneurial companies. The co-founder and Executive Chairman of Pipeline Healthcare LLC, Ara has 20 years of experience in healthcare and in building entrepreneurial companies. Ara was also the Founder, President, and CEO of BMC Diagnostics, a leading diagnostic imaging provider until its sale to Health Diagnostics in 2007. Prior to BMC, Ara founded Embion/ProviderLinks.com, a B2B e-commerce company focusing on the healthcare industry. Prior to BMC and Embion, Ara held various senior executive positions at PSS/World Medical, a publicly traded international medical products distributor. Ara received a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing and Business Management from Florida State University.
Shoghik Mikayelyan, Executive Director of Nor Luyce, is a native of Gyumri, with an advanced degree in psychology. She speaks, in addition to Armenian, English, Spanish and Russian. In her spare time she plays classical piano.

OUR PURPOSE

Our purpose is to help orphaned children in Gyumri, Armenia, by providing them mentoring relationships with professional adults. These mutually satisfying and developmental relationships mean many things which are discussed below, but at its’ core, it is as simple as spending a few hours every month sharing feelings, thoughts and ideas.
Many studies show that children who have role models are more likely to improve in school and in their relationships. These benefits translate into a more confident child who is better prepared to transition into to independent adulthood.

WHAT WE DO

We recruit and train adults (mentors) and match them with orphaned children (mentees) living in orphanages. We cooperate with orphanages that see mentoring as important for their children’s development into responsible and self-sufficient adults. The adults who volunteer to spend time with children are called mentors. The word “mentor” comes from the epic poem “The Odyssey.” ”Mentor” was the name of a family friend of Odysseus, to whom he entrusted the care of his young son when he left to fight in the Trojan War.
Children must cope with many personal and social pressures even in the protected environment of the orphanage. This isolation limits them in developing the social and practical skills necessary to prosper after they leave the orphanage. A close relationship with an adult mentor helps to guide them away from negative behaviors to those which will give them life experiences outside the orphanage which are necessary for the development of their self-sufficiency. Emotional support from a mentor is the first fundamental step in providing the children with the positive experiences and skills which will help them to become self-sufficient adults.
Children have to cope with many personal and social pressures. More particularly, orphans are deprived of life experiences outside the orphanage. This limits them in developing the social and practical skills necessary to prosper after they leave the protected environment of the orphanage. Getting emotional support and social experiences from mentors help the children overcome these challenges. Specifically our objectives are:
  • To help children living in orphanages by providing emotional support from responsible adults in the Gyumri, Armenia, community.
  • In addition to providing the emotional support, we also expose the children to experiences which will prepare them to become self-sufficient adults.
Activities will vary depending on the needs of each child. But they may include a focus on:
  • academic achievement
  • self-esteem
  • problem solving ability
  • exposure to the cultural, educational and work worlds
  • set short-term and long-term goals
  • prepare for a career through job shadows
  • teach the children how to resist negative behaviors such gang involvement and drug use
  • teach the value of volunteer work in our community

http://norluyce.com/






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