Summer camps are excellent opportunity for boys and girls from Armenia's rural communities to enjoy a healthy environment in a beautiful location, and participate in various recreational activities and games. For most of them, 10 days in World Vision's summer camps are the only real holidays they have during the year. Many leave home village for the first time to come to the summer camp

As the year draws to a close, we take time to reflect on magical moments of the year and hope for more of them for every child in 2008. Every year, some 1500 sponsored children from all over Armenia participate in World Vision's Summer Camps. This year, 18 children with special needs and 20 boys from special institutions enjoyed the summer as their peers have done before them. Photos by Mkrtich Babayan, Maria Sadoyan and Armine Lambaryan