We departed… and we arrived! Where? In Lesidren! And so we spent there the next 8 days.
We didn’t stop having fun from the first till the last day. After lunch we introduced ourselves because this year we had a lot of new kids and we gave away our badges and T-shirts. As usually we took a lot of photos. The first day ended at the disco.
Our program included various occasions – dancing, drawing, theatre, lectures and games. The main topic of this year’s camp was “The Armenian communities in Bulgaria”. During the first three days our special guest was Hair Surp Arshen. He taught us two beautiful Armenian songs and a prayer which is said before meal. Mrs. Hermine Duzian, our special guest from France, helped us with the musical education. She taught us the anthem of AGBU and gave us precious advice about the camp.
Mrs. Sonia Bedrosian was constantly next to us, giving us a helping hand in every way she could. She and Mrs. Duzian helped us so that AGBU New York to give us the money for the fourth camp Unger.

For second year in round the participants in camp Unger are divided in two groups according to their age – 8-12 and 13-15 years. The group of the older ones has a bit different occasions which aim to form their leader skills, to teach them how to work in a team based on trust and good communication. All this was learned while playing games.
Instead of theatre, drawing and dancing, the older ones had another creative task – to write the camp newspaper. Every day they collected the news, took interviews, made crosswords, sudoku and picked out jokes for the tomorrow’s newspaper. Every morning they delivered the newspaper at the front door of every room.
Part of the obligations of the older group was the organization of games for the younger children. The game that everyone loves is called “Treasure”. The older children made this game for their younger ”ungerner” who went hunting for the hidden treasure. The animators organized a different version of the game for the older ones. Each of their tasks had a hidden aim – not just reaching the treasure but answering some questions and passing impediments on their way. All this helped them to form a united team.
The older children had another interesting task – divided in three mini-groups to prepare and film a 10-minute movie, having a time limit of 1 hour and 30 minutes. The three scripts were based upon the tale of the Red riding Hood in three different variations – rocker, teenager and classic. The movies were shown after the theatre play of the little children.
After they proved that they can handle with the management of the whole camp “Unger” during the change-of-roles day and to lend a helping hand during the camp perhaps next year the older kids will help us organize the whole camp.

A program containing various activities was worked out for the younger children – dancing, drawing and theatre. During the theatre lessons the kids rehearsed the play “How the flowers grow” which turned into puppet theatre. That was the reason why the drawing lessons turned into hours of making puppets for the play. With some materials at hand the kids made a wonderful fairy tale which was a surprise for the rest of the campers.
The other activity prepared for the younger children was dancing however a lot of the older ones joined. They all were doing great and for just a few hours they learned 3-4 Armenian dances. For second year in round the game called “Treasure” is organized by the group of the older kids. The game is so amusing – it contains of questions and puzzles leading to the next clue and to the treasure. The teams finished almost together and in the end everyone tasted from the sweet reward.
The other game organized by the older children was relay-race with questions. The questions were based upon the lectures that the kids listened in the mornings. Sometimes the children found it difficult to answer but all this was part of the game.
The little kids closed down the camp with their puppet theatre and the received loud cheering.

On 4 September all the campers visited the cave called “Sueva dupka” - an underground jewel. Everybody walked through the narrow and steep paths astonished by the beauty of the cave formations – some of them formed as Botev’s face, others like Virgin Mary with her infant. At the end of the walk we all sang the song “Azkain orhnerg”. This was in the concert hall of the cave where concerts are held and the orchestra of the Bulgarian National Radio records their performances. At the end the guide congratulated the kids for being so quite.
On 6 September instead of going to Sopot Lake because of the bad weather we went for a picnic near the hotel. We sat on the green grass under an apple tree where some sunbathed; others played cards and third just relaxed. During the walk we proved ourselves to be a united team where the older ones help the younger and we walk as an organized group.

The fourth camp Unger as its precursors was full not only of games and fun but of serious sport activities. The organizers of the camp look care that everyone is in good shape and every day begun with some gymnastics. In spite of the bad weather most of the afternoons were spent out playing football – matches that will be written in the history of camp Unger. There were results such as 3:3 and the phenomenal 4:4. There were days when the victory was hard to take with 1:0 and days with utter defeat of 5:2. The goal masters of the Unger League were Anri, Karen, Sarko and Harry. There were new players – Anto, Alex and Teddy played in the defense. Nowadays football is not just a man’s game that was proved by Eliza D and Ani Po, who saved their gates from certain goals! As always the manly part of the animators didn’t miss the chance to play for 1-2 hours and most active of the veterans were Victor, Drago and Garo as well as the younger Ivan and Bibi. The need of freshman is obvious because of the dying sports careers of the veterans. This year volleyball had an undisputable success. Most of the girls joined the game and Hair Arshen played with them showing his great abilities. The organizers should consider the issue of finding a volleyball court because this sport is getting more and more popular among the “ungers”. A lot of the campers also played badminton. This camp Unger was full of a lot of sport emotions, a lot of new sport stars were born and next year, we are sure, they will show us more and more of their abilities.