Toolkit Launch “Story – writing by communities affected by conflicts and disaster”
On 6 July, 2024 the official Toolkit Launch “Story – writing by communities affected by conflicts and disaster” took place in Yerevan, Armenia. The Ibis hotel conference in the city center of Yerevan has hosted around 40 people.
The meeting brought together project partners, NGOs, international organization representatives, children and practitioners piloting the toolkit in Armenia. The event was held both in Armenian and English, and is hosted by Educational and Cultural Bridges Armenia, Kitabna - OurBook CIC, Cardiff University, and Masoor Art House, with support from the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council.
The official Toolkit digital version both in English and Armenian languages can be found here:
The Launch was officially opened by Deputy Head of Mission, UK Embassy in Armenia Paul Morris. Welcome to the Launch was done by David Clarck from University of Cardiff, Arpine Kostanyan from Educational and ultural Bridges. Introduction to the toolkit and work of Kitabna was done by Helen Patuck which was followed by prsesntation of my experience of using the toolkit by Ani Yengibaryan. Mariam Mughdusyan presented “my experience of using toolkit in Berdavan with stories from the children of Berdavan. The stories of the children were also printed and can be found on the web page of EC Bridges NGO.
The official Toolkit was printed both in English and Armenian as a outcome of the previous stages of the project and was distributed among partners
This is the third stage of the project. The second stage of the project took place on 14 and 15 of April 2023, which was a workshop “Co-creating children’s stories with Nagorno-Karabakh refuges” (detailed please see: https://www.ec-bridges.com/projects/139-workshop-co-creating-childrens-stories-with-nagorno-karabakh-refugees.html)
The project will officially continue till November 2024 and is financed by Arts and Humanities Research Council of UK.
