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Hidden Road Initiative

About us


Mission

The Hidden Road Initiative (HRI) is a charitable non-profit organization that aims to provide educational and leadership opportunities for students living in remote villages in Armenia through annual educational summer camps, scholarship opportunities, and development projects.  

Vision

Empowering villages through educational, leadership, and job opportunities with the ultimate goal of becoming self-sustainable.

Activities

HRI aims to enhance the social capabilities of village children and empower a new generation of students by providing college scholarships, running youth-led educational summer camps with volunteers from across the world, and ultimately training the youth of the village to run service programs themselves. HRI works to promote the economy and social equality of remote villages by conducting various development projects, such as renovating schools, installing computer rooms and constructing kindergartens.

History

The Hidden Road Initiative was founded in 2011 by a group of Armenian students at University of California Santa Barbara; the organization currently has chapters at the University of California San Diego,  University of California Los Angeles, University of California Berkeley, and AGBU MDS. Read more about our organization's history here.

​Impact

College Completion Rate
To date, 100% of our scholarship recipients have completed their college degrees or are on path to graduate university. 

Computer and e-Literacy 
Since 2011, one of the major focuses of HRI has been to promote computer education and e-literacy. Since then, many of our camp graduates have majored in Computer Science, or been able to find job opportunities in the tech world.

New Job Opportunities
HRI works closely with village communities to source temporary and permanent workers for development projects. For example the Jrashen and Tsaghkaber kindergarten projects created various new jobs opportunities for young professionals. The kindergartens are entirely operated by professionals from these villages. 

Civic Engagement
All of our projects have been facilitated through the collaboration of the locals. This partnership has empowered many young students to take ownership over the projects by partaking in the development projects and facilitating annual summer camps.

Young Women in Leadership
Both in the USA as well as Armenia, 95% of the leaders in HRI have consisted of women in their early twenties. This has been an encouraging and empowering number that has given many young women in both countries an opportunity to learn from one another and change traditional misconceptions about women.
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PO Box 27694
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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Mission and Impact
    • Team Members
    • Chapters >
      • UC Berkeley
      • UC Los Angeles
      • UC San Diego
      • CSU Northridge
      • AGBU MDS
    • History
  • Summer Camps
    • Summer 2022
    • Summer 2021
    • Summer 2020
    • Summer 2019
    • Summer 2018
    • Summer 2017
    • Summer 2016
    • SUMMER 2015
    • Summer 2014
    • Summer 2013
    • Summer 2011
  • Projects
    • Henry Keledjian Service Program
    • Project Hope (Artsakh)
    • English Tutoring Program
    • Virtual Learning Resources
    • Holiday Backpacks for Artsakh
    • Jrashen Kindergarten
    • School Renovations
    • Tsaghkaber Kindergarten
    • UCLA Toy Drive
    • Heaters & Stoves
    • Computer Classes
    • Sturdy Shoes
    • Winter Coats
  • SCHOLARSHIPS
    • 2022-2023 Scholars
    • 2021-2022 Scholars
    • 2020-2021 Scholars
    • 2019-2020 Scholars
    • 2018-2019 Scholars
    • 2017-2018 Scholars
    • 2016-2017 Scholars
  • News & Blog
  • Donate
  • Contact Us