Mission East is a Danish international relief and development organisation, working in Eastern Europe and Asia. Our aim is to deliver relief aid, to create and support long-term development projects and to empower local aid organisations to carry on the work independently. Making no racial, religious or political distinction between those in need, we aim to assist the most vulnerable.
- Home
- IRAQ
- Syria
- Afghanistan
- Armenia
- Videos
- Armenia, October 2013
- International Børnebeskyttelsesdag i Armenien
- En sund start 2013
- Et skridt videre
- En dag hos 'Bridge of Hope' i Jerevan
- Jeg troede, jeg skulle dø
- I thought I was going to die
- 20-års jubilæum i Armenien
- Going one step further
- A day at Bridge of Hope in Yerevan
- 20-year jubilee in Armenia
- 2011
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006
- At day at Bridge of Hope
- Ensuring Ellen gets help
- Sharing the results of 8 years of hard work
- Hvordan sikrer vi, at Ellen får hjælp?
- Ein Tag mit Bridge of Hope
- Sicherstellen, dass Ellen Hilfe bekommt
- Ergebnisse von 8 Jahren harter Arbeit
- Giving Disability a Voice: Empowering the Disability Rights Movement in Armenia
- Making sure that everyone gets included
- Sichern, dass jedes Kind inkludiert wird
- Burma
- Nepal
- Chhaupadi pics Dec 2019 Kalikot
- Karnali-kvinder valgt ind i lokalråd
- Karnali women elected to local councils
- Nepal 2016-2017 Recovery
- 2015 ATIS project
- Before 2012
- 2015 Bajura field visit Nepal
- Nepal earthquake 2015
- Videos
- Når kvinder lærer at læse
- 2012
- Women have a Voice
- 2009
- From death to life in Nepal
- Fra død til liv i Nepal
- Mainstreaming Disability into Disaster Risk Reduction
- 2008
- Before 2006
- 2006
- North Korea
- Film fra Nordkorea
- Films from North Korea
- North Korea 2013
- Nordkorea 2013
- Genopbygning af ødelagte hjem efter sommerens oversvømmelser
- Vintertøj og materialer til børn på børnehjem
- Rebuilding homes destroyed by summer floods
- Winter clothing and educational materials for orphans in North Korea
- Es geht um Tod oder Leben
- A question of life or death
- Et spørgsmål om liv og død
- Hunger and need in North Korea
- Sult og nød i Nordkorea
- Spring 2012 - Haeju City
- Monitoring Munchon Food Distribution
- 2011
- LEGO DPRK
- Næste skridt i Nordkorea
- Improving lives in North Korea
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Tajikistan
- Håndtering af katastrofer i Veshist
- Coping with disasters in Veshist
- Børnehjørne i Kuloli april 2017
- Playcorner in Kuloli April 2017
- 2006-7
- Tajikistan 2015 09
- Besøg i Kulob, 2012
- Besøg i Penjakent, april 2012
- Videos
- Panjakent field visit, April 2012
- Dushanbe HQ Field Visit 2012 Maryse
- Kulyob office and field visit, April 2012
- Levevilkårene forbedres, men pludselig sker katastrofen
- Improving livelihoods and then seeing a village destroyed
- Tajikistan 2008 HR Coordinator Visit
- Nice landscapes of Tajikistan
- Rescue drill in Tajikistan
- Tajikistan Winter emergency 2008
- 2005
Opening of the Metsamor Children's Clubroom
As part of the A Healthy Start Project, Mission East and Nur, our local NGO partner, are working closely with community leaders to establish children’s clubrooms in 11 communities in Armavir Region. The purpose of the clubrooms is to provide an environment in each community where disabled and non-disabled children can meet, get to know each other, and spend time together pursuing activities of mutual interest.
On 3 October, Mission East, Nur and the community of Metsamor inaugurated the first clubroom. The clubroom occupies 3 rooms on the ground floor of the kindergarten in Metsamor. Over the past few months the space has undergone a thorough renovation. The walls and ceilings are newly painted. Drafty wooden-framed windows have been replaced with double glazed prefab units. A concrete ramp now leads up to the entrance from a playground outside. The renovation also included the transformation of one of the rooms into a newly tiled, wheel-chair accessible bathroom/toilet with hot and cold water.
The day was cool and sunny. Celebrants gathered in the playground at the foot of the ramp. They included several prominent local and regional figures. The mayor of Metsamor was there. He has consistently supported the clubroom renovation with municipal appropriations and oversight. The deputy regional governor, herself a medical doctor, was also there. She has taken a great interest in the A Healthy Start Project. Her support has been a key factor in the continued progress of the project. Mission East staff, Nur staff and staff from the other partners in the Healthy Start project were there in full force. Parents and community members made up the biggest contingent of celebrants.
After a few brief speeches we moved up the ramp and through the door. Under the mayor’s leadership, we inaugurated the clubrooms n the Armenian way by sharing bread and salt. Then we got a chance to explore the space and investigate the activities that Nur staff had set up. Several parents brought their children and they had the pleasure of opening the paints, blocks, chess set and books.
The opening of our first clubroom in Metsamor was an important milestone for the A Healthy Start Project. We were thrilled at having come this far and doubly thrilled at the warm response of the community. In the next month we are scheduling openings for three or four more clubrooms.
Alfred Waldstein, Mission East Community Development Advisor
Read MoreOn 3 October, Mission East, Nur and the community of Metsamor inaugurated the first clubroom. The clubroom occupies 3 rooms on the ground floor of the kindergarten in Metsamor. Over the past few months the space has undergone a thorough renovation. The walls and ceilings are newly painted. Drafty wooden-framed windows have been replaced with double glazed prefab units. A concrete ramp now leads up to the entrance from a playground outside. The renovation also included the transformation of one of the rooms into a newly tiled, wheel-chair accessible bathroom/toilet with hot and cold water.
The day was cool and sunny. Celebrants gathered in the playground at the foot of the ramp. They included several prominent local and regional figures. The mayor of Metsamor was there. He has consistently supported the clubroom renovation with municipal appropriations and oversight. The deputy regional governor, herself a medical doctor, was also there. She has taken a great interest in the A Healthy Start Project. Her support has been a key factor in the continued progress of the project. Mission East staff, Nur staff and staff from the other partners in the Healthy Start project were there in full force. Parents and community members made up the biggest contingent of celebrants.
After a few brief speeches we moved up the ramp and through the door. Under the mayor’s leadership, we inaugurated the clubrooms n the Armenian way by sharing bread and salt. Then we got a chance to explore the space and investigate the activities that Nur staff had set up. Several parents brought their children and they had the pleasure of opening the paints, blocks, chess set and books.
The opening of our first clubroom in Metsamor was an important milestone for the A Healthy Start Project. We were thrilled at having come this far and doubly thrilled at the warm response of the community. In the next month we are scheduling openings for three or four more clubrooms.
Alfred Waldstein, Mission East Community Development Advisor
- No Comments