Re: Iranian-Armenian relations
Birthright is something else, you should definitely look into it. The experience you get you can never get as a visitor unless you decide to live there for a long long period. I'd been there three times before I did Birthright, but in all those three times I didn't experience 10% of what I got out of Birthright. moreover you make connections with people there in business, education, govt that make you feel like a local even when you leave and want to come back some day.
They basically pay for your flight, housing, a lot of trips and events there, in exchange for you to volunteer for four months in the country. You can do it for two months for 50% of flight, and 100% of other costs paid.
The internship is in professional fields of choice. They get you just about anything, much better than most things you can land here. I had a pre-med friend who was in the operation room everyday alongside surgeons, something you could never do here.
For the housing they put you with a family there and you live with them. The families are great and have been doing it for years. You basically become a member of the family
Then there's weekly excursions to just about every place in the country, including places most locals hadn't even been. Then there's access to restricted sites that you would otherwise never get to see: including Artsakh front lines, Turkish-Armenian militarized border at the very edge-a few km beyond civilian access.
then there's weekly key note speakers, and meetings with govt officials. We met a bunch of important CEO's, veteran groups, and government officials including president of Artsakh and the Defense Minister
And there's a bunch of other stuff like going to game matches, parades, etc.
Honestly every single person that I have met had a positive experience, and most say it was the best decision of their life to do it.
Originally posted by Shant03
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They basically pay for your flight, housing, a lot of trips and events there, in exchange for you to volunteer for four months in the country. You can do it for two months for 50% of flight, and 100% of other costs paid.
The internship is in professional fields of choice. They get you just about anything, much better than most things you can land here. I had a pre-med friend who was in the operation room everyday alongside surgeons, something you could never do here.
For the housing they put you with a family there and you live with them. The families are great and have been doing it for years. You basically become a member of the family
Then there's weekly excursions to just about every place in the country, including places most locals hadn't even been. Then there's access to restricted sites that you would otherwise never get to see: including Artsakh front lines, Turkish-Armenian militarized border at the very edge-a few km beyond civilian access.
then there's weekly key note speakers, and meetings with govt officials. We met a bunch of important CEO's, veteran groups, and government officials including president of Artsakh and the Defense Minister
And there's a bunch of other stuff like going to game matches, parades, etc.
Honestly every single person that I have met had a positive experience, and most say it was the best decision of their life to do it.
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