Depi Bardzunk

Learn, grow stronger, and rise.

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About the Program!

“Depi Bardzunk” is one of the cornerstone initiatives of our educational movement. It is a club-based program focused on personal growth and community development, designed for school-aged students.

“Depi Bardzunk” is a learning environment, a pool of expertise, and a methodology aimed at fostering students’ continuous personal development, promoting ecological awareness, shaping an active and responsible civic mindset, and supporting effective orientation in a rapidly changing labor market.

Why It Matters

The project engages students in grades 7–12. At this stage of school education, students face the important task of clarifying their future plans, identifying their paths of professional development, and understanding the level of responsibility they hold toward their school, community, and society as a whole.

These issues are especially relevant today, as the country is undergoing profound transformations, while globally the world is experiencing complex realignments, technological breakthroughs, and multiple planetary-scale challenges.

In this context, it is critically important to foster a strong drive for continuous personal development among students and to support them in navigating contemporary realities and adopting an active and responsible position.

How It Works?

The educational program is developed and implemented by volunteers and an expert team of the Bardzunk Educational Movement. The program is built around four core areas of focus:

Personal growth
School–community–state connection
Human–nature relationship
Career guidance

The program is enriched with gamification elements, where participants earn coins named after Armenian mountains — from Mount Ara to Mount Ararat. Each meaningful participation, completed project, or newly acquired skill brings additional coins, which can later be exchanged for various rewards.

You can learn more about this system in our Leaders’ Board.

Leaders’ Board

Geography & Timeline

The first “Depi Bardzunk” club was established in 2022 in the village of Ayntap, Ararat Province. Today, Depi Bardzunk clubs operate in 39 schools across 9 regions of Armenia and in Yerevan.

Program Outcomes

At the end of the program — which is also a new beginning, as our journey with club members is ongoing — students can:

Develop their own personal growth projects and sustain continuous learning through diverse educational tools;
Work more effectively with literature and online educational resources;
Apply innovative, AI-based work tools and operate within hybrid work environments supported by such technologies;
Adopt and practice environmentally responsible lifestyles that minimize harm to nature, with mindful care for their immediate ecological surroundings;
Better understand and appreciate the natural, biological, and historical-cultural heritage of the Republic of Armenia;
Analyze challenges at different community levels (school, community, state, and planet) and design innovative and creative solutions;
Navigate a rapidly transforming labor market and recognize both declining and emerging professions.

What You Should Know

Within the framework of the project, the goal for the next 10 years is to establish clubs in 200 schools, engaging at least 20% of students in each school.

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Our Team

Gegham Ohanyan

Public Figure, Leadership Board Member

“I am part of Bardzunk because this is where my efforts truly contribute to the building of our country.

Bardzunk is a place of shared vision, strategic long-term thinking, and the courage to turn ideas into reality through our own work. This is a space filled with purpose, light, and care.

At Bardzunk, we learn to take on ever-greater responsibility without fear of failure.

Bardzunk elevates people — and empowers them to elevate others. Here, I become more than I was before. We carry a 20-year vision and a deep belief that people will unite around this great idea of building a strong and enduring state.”

Areg Tadevosyan

Education Expert, Leadership Board Member

“I am part of Bardzunk because this is where I see a powerful, united team of exceptional people driving values-based, long-term, and strategic change.

Here, we share a clear vision for the future of Armenia and the world — a vision I truly believe in.
Most importantly, Bardzunk is an educational movement that seeks to mobilize all constructive forces for meaningful and lasting impact.”

Astghik Makhsudyan

Program Lead | Depi Bardzunk

I joined “Depi Bardzunk” because “for endangered nations, education is the last card of the future.”

I joined to become a part of the bright generation that will one day enlighten and strengthen Armenia.

Anna Kirakosyan

Communications Lead | Depi Bardzunk

“Depi Bardzunk” is a path toward the light.

While we dream of a strong homeland, we also take action to build it. I am part of “Depi Bardzunk” because I believe that here lies the key to the doors of our powerful and thriving Armenia.

Anush Gasparyan

Gamification Lead | Depi Bardzunk

I am part of “Depi Bardzunk” because here I witness genuine, deep-rooted transformation — the growth of our club members, their team spirit, their sincere willingness to help, and their proactiveness.

Here, students do not simply receive opportunities — they independently create and develop their own clubs through their active involvement. In doing so, they become our true partners — often just as committed as we are to the program’s success and to strengthening their communities.

Mari Avetisyan

Gamification Coordinator | Depi Bardzunk

I am part of “Depi Bardzunk” because here I have found the most effective and inspiring path to creating meaningful change.

Our great dream is gradually embracing more and more people — and it will continue to grow even bigger.

Mher Sanosyan

Program Coordinator | Depi Bardzunk

Education is the foundation upon which generations are shaped and a nation’s future is built.

“Depi Bardzunk” is a unifying force that creates these foundations and educates a new generation — one that will drive the progress of communities and the state.