"Nor Luyce" Mentoring Center for Youth

Nor Luyce organization provides mentoring to teen-girls in area orphanages.
Our organization focus is on children who are fourteen to seventeen years old because they are socially vulnerable; they have little family support, they tend not to have long term planning skills; and they are facing directly the challenges of establishing a life outside their orphanage. The number of these children is 75 in each orphanage, while in Gyumri there are three orphanages.
Our organization helps them prepare for the transition by providing a relationship with a trusted adult and exposure to the cultural, educational and work worlds outside the orphanage. This exposure is designed to make them aware of possible career choices and of the necessary preparation. The program logic is based on the assumption that successful choices require a trusted adult, who can help them to explore their environment and provide good advice and experiences which will allow them to test their ideas. Nowadays young people have to cope with many personal and social pressures. Getting emotional support and social experiences from mentors will help the children overcome the problems and challenges they face.