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Sports Club in Ghulalis The village where having a gym/sports club is one of the biggest dreams for kids.

Because of the absence of sports and other entertainment venues, children spend most of their time on mobile phones or just wander around the village.

This is the area where the gym/sports club of the village once stood. Here the kids could practice boxing, kickboxing and martial arts.
This is how the village gym looks like nowadays.

Vahe Khachatryan is 10 years old. He is the first kid to attend the gym. He has been training here for already 5 years. He dreams of becoming a famous boxer

I dream of becoming a world champion and afterwards continuing my career as a good trainer. Robert Khachatryan
I dream of becoming a boxer in Georgia. Vahe Khachatryan
I dream about having a gym/sports club in our village. Narek Sargsian
I dream of organizing sports competitions in our village, too. Ruslan Manvelyan
The area where a gym/sports club is planned to be built. Some equipment in the gym/sports club.

How kids initiate the construction/reconstruction of the sports club.The children’s goal is to build a competition hall in the sports club, so that they can organize sports events the same way as they do in neighboring villages.

Kids hold discussions on how to present/pitch their ideas for fundraising events. They started shooting a short video story that would spread a word about the issues they face in the sports club. The construction and renovation of the hall is supported by Robert’s parents. But as they also need to renovate the whole sports club they need more money. The building was transformed into a sports club by Robert himself 2 years ago and he had created sports equipment on his own. But now as they need more equipment they want to organize a crowdfunding event on gofundme.com and collect the amount of money they need.

by Nazeli Khachatryan, Robert Khachatryan