Community Gym for Verin Karmiraghbyur
Description
Gevorg is an amazing young man who is a champion weightlifter who has competed throughout the world. He is proud of the gym he has built in Gavar both for the quality of the training that takes place there, as well as the fact that he provides free access to for training and rehabilitation for people with disabilities and war veterans. Gevorg uniquely understands that difficulties faced by people with disabilities and those injured during the war as Gevorg, himself, has cerebral palsy.
Gevorg wishes to build a second gym in the Tavush village of Verin Karmiraghbyur. More than 1,500 residents call this community home and they do not have nearby facilities for training or rehabilitation. The local community has given Gevorg’s NGO a space in one of the community buildings that will serve as the gym once it is renovated.
Gevorg and his NGO partners and friends are willing to do supply labor to complete the renovation work themselves. They need funding for the materials. Once completed, their intent, as is currently operating at the Gavar gym, is to charge a modest fee for the gym’s use and for classes to help off set the expenses related to providing free access to people with disabilities and injured veterans.
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The Need
In the village of Verin Karmiraghbyur, there are no gym facilities for the community. This absence effects the ability for people with injuries from the war, those with disabilities and the community at large from gaining the benefits of exercise and training.
Short Term Impact
In the short term, Gevork and his friends and supporters will join together to renovate the space in the building. This effort should last four months. Materials will be purchased locally thus positively impacting the local economy.
Long Term Impact
In the long term, once the gym is completed, residents will enjoy the benefits of this new addition to their community. People with disabilities and war veterans injured will be able to have a space to exercise, train and conduct rehabilitation activities free of charge.
Sponsors Benefits
All sponsors of this important project will be listed on The Paros Foundation’s website and in all press related to this project. Visits to these communities can be arranged for sponsors visiting Armenia.
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick & Mary Goshtigian
Hermosa Beach, CAUpdates: Images & Information
Renovation on the gym has started. Our construction crew started by adding new windows and doors.
After several months of hard work by Gevorg, his friends and family and materials from The Paros Foundation, the new community gym “Sport Zone” was opened in the community of Verin Karmiraghbyur. The gym will offer free access to injured veterans and those with disabilities. A special thank you to Patrick and Mary Goshtigian who contributed generously to this important project.