TUMO Dilijan atendee (Photo: tumo.org)
It all started with a phone call. Anahit Badalian, the president of the Berd Women’s Resource Center Foundation, was on a mission. She knew that there were at least 15 local teens who wanted to attend the TUMO Center for Creative Technologies and learn all about robotics, photography, web development and more. She also knew that these teens lived almost two hours away and didn’t have the means to access transportation to and from the center. So she gave her friend, Homeland Development Foundation’s Timothy Straight, a call. The two put their heads together and came up with an idea: launch an online campaign to raise enough money for the 15 teens to attend TUMO for an entire year.
The teens will be coming to TUMO every Sunday to take part in TUMO activities and forge new paths for themselves within the tech and art worlds. A special workshop has already been organized for the students and they’re well on their way to learning the foundations of graphic design.
Teenagers from border town of Berd can now attend TUMO Dilijan through transportation provided for an entire year. (Photo: tumo.org)
Fifteen-year-old Levon Melikyan, one of the Berd teens/newest TUMOians, has already seen a change in his future outlook. “I never thought before that I could make a career in graphic design, but after these classes I became more interested and think now that I’ll pursue it in the future.â€
