Experience of a Lifetime: Join a GLOBAL VILLAGE Team!

Habitat for Humanity International's mission for the Global Village Program is to provide an opportunity for the groups of people to experience firsthand HFHI's global ministry by traveling to and working alongside homeowners and partners at affiliates worldwide.
Habitat for Humanity International's Global Village trips give participants a unique opportunity to become active partners with people of another culture. Team members work alongside with members of the host community, raising awareness of the burden of poverty housing and building decent, affordable housing worldwide. As partners, team members help build a true "global village" of love, homes, communities and hope!

The Global Village program is a series of short-term trips designed to provide an educational and spiritual experience within a cross-cultural environment. Our objectives usually are met through new relationships that team members form with each other and with their host affiliates. By living and working with the host community, participants have an opportunity to personally witness and contribute to HFHI's effort to eliminate substandard housing throughout the world.

Accepting the opportunity to live and work with an international affiliate is often a life-changing experience. Through your willingness to work in partnership with people in other cultures, you learn about poverty housing, development challenges, international economics, world cultures and HFHI's ministry and mission.
We, Habitat for Humanity Armenia , challenge all those who wishes to spend their vacation or holiday in adventure to join a Global Village team and come to Armenia to build with us in order to help Armenian families in need to improve their housing conditions. You can join one of the Global Village teams coming to Armenia. All you need to do is to visit www.habitat.org/gv , check for available team dates and register as a team member.

Habitat For Humanity Armenia has 3 affiliates (Yerevan, Vanadzor and Yeghegnadzor) and we are glad to inform that now we are hosting Global Village teams in all affiliates. GV teams are very welcome to visit Armenia and our staff will be do the best to make sure that you will have memorable and pleasant trip.

Read about the experience of Global Village team members in Armenia.

Download the Blueprint for Adventure here or just read an extract

General Information	Yerevan is the largest city and capital of Armenia. Nestled on the Ararat Plain along the innavigable Hrazdan River, Yerevan is a leading industrial, cultural, and scientific centre in the Caucasus region. The city lies at the heart of an extensive rail network, and serves as a major trading centre for agricultural products. Local industry includes production of metals, machinery, electrical equipment, chemicals, textiles, and food products. Educational and cultural facilities in Yerevan include universities, the Armenian Academy of Sciences, a state museum, and several libraries.	Vanadzor This is the third-largest city in Armenia. Vanadzor was one of the most effected areas of 1988’s devastating earthquake. A drive from Yerevan to North through Vanadzor yields a dramatic difference in nature right after Vanadzor city. Glorious mountains, thickets of trees, and lush green and abound everywhere; it becomes a kaleidoscope of color in the autumn. Summer temperatures are much cooler in than Yerevan. People from the Lori region are considered to be the most pure and down-to-earth in Armenia. The educational system in Vanadzor includes a university in and numerous schools.	Yeghegnadzor As wines from Yeghegnadzor, and particularly Areni Village make their way into shops around the world, people from all over the world are making their way to Yeghegnadzor. The surrounding area is one of the richest in the variety and quality of sites and activities it offers: A number of smaller churches and monasteries, in addition to numerous wineries, which are quickly accommodating the tourists interested in wine making. The Areni winery offers wine tasting in their cellar. A new university is currently under construction in Yeghegnadzor.
Facts about the local Habitat Program	Affiliated in 2000 Homes built - 93 GV teams build in different on several different houses Uses tufa stone (unique and local building material)	Affiliated in 2005 (in July will be) Homes built - 9 GV teams build in different on several different houses Uses tufa stone (unique and local building material)	Affiliated in 2005 (in July will be) Homes built - 10 GV teams build in different on several different houses Uses tufa stone (unique and local building material)
Current type of building	Completing1/2 built homes and apartment renovation	Completing1/2 built homes and apartment renovation	Completing1/2 built homes and apartment renovation
Host Months	May to October	June to September	June to September
Team size	10-15 volunteers	8-12 volunteers	8-12 volunteers
Nearby Attractions	The same as previous one plus “The largest repository of Armenian manuscripts, and indeed one of the biggest repositories of manuscripts in the world, is the Matenadaran.”	Dilijan town, also known as the “Little Switzerland” of Armenia, Sanahin and Haghpat churches built in 12th and 13th centuries. Dsegh village, museum of famous poet Hohanness Toumanyan.	Jermuk Resort town has a few “sanatoriums”, or spa-like venues, with facilities to bathe in the piping hot mineral water. Noravank monastery built in 13th century. Just a few hours drive away is Tatev monastery, on which construction began in 848 AD, and was completed in the 12th and 13th century.
Getting there	International flight to Yerevan	International flight to Yerevan and HFHA staff will drive you to Vanadzor	International flight to Yerevan and HFHA staff will drive you to Yeghegnadzor

HFH Yerevan GV handbook, HFH Lori GV handbook, HFH Vayots Dzor GV handbook

These handbooks contain useful information that Global Village team members may want to know before taking their trip: how to apply for visa, what kind of work the teams do, accommodation, food, safety, post office, internet, traditions, sightseeing options, about country and affiliate.

You can also find a lot of interesting information about Armenia, as well as check hotels and hostels in www.armeniainfo.am.

Summary of 2005 Global Village program