29 January, 2012
THE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS PRESENTED THE DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE COPPER MINES NEAR TEGHUT VILLAGE
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On January 26, 2012, in the Zangakatun Charitable NGO’s Zangak Centre in Vanadzor, a discussion was held devoted to the ecological problems concerning Teghut forest. The discussion was organized by the Zangak Centre. Children who attend the centre, their parents, students, pupils from school №2 in Vanadzor, and representatives of several NGOs participated in the discussion. Armine Zakaryan and Mikayel Mkhitaryan, from Peace Dialogue NGO, Gevorg Vardanyan, an activist from
the Trchkan civil initiative, and Perch Bojukyan, the coordinator of the AARHUS Centre’s Vanadzor office, were invited to run the meeting and provide detailed information on the topic.
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Let's Save Teghut Forest environmental group, consisting of 250 activists went to Teghut on January 15 to draw attention to the ecological disaster which will be caused by the exploitation of the mines in the forest of Teghut. In the morning, participants of the initiative from Vanadzor met the Let's Save Teghut Forest group members from Yerevan and Gyumri in Vanadzor’s Hayq Square and then, after a short updating event, made they way to Teghut to do their part to save the forest. 
On the 19th of January a discussion of theatrical tools and their use in youth mobilization was held in Alaverdi with the representatives of Peace Dialogue NGO and 
This is the translation of one of the leaflets (see below) distributed just a few days ago against Valentina Cherevatenko. Ms. Cherevatenko is, a civil activist, is the founder and chairperson of the union “Women of Don,” which is considered one of the most powerful in Novocherkassk, the North Caucasus and is the Russian partner of Peace Dialogue NGO. The authorities of the Russian Federation think that she is one of the most dangerous and risky actors of a velvet revolution in the North Caucasus. 
As a part of its efforts toward advocacy on behalf of the victims of conflicts, Peace Dialogue is publishing a new film in order to highlight the problems of this group.
The United Network of Young Peacebuilders (UNOY Peacebuilders) is a global network of 42 peace organisations and 350 affiliates active in the field of peacebuilding and conflict transformation. The UNOY network contributes to the work of its members and affiliates in two fundamental ways, namely capacity building and advocacy and campaigning. 