 The program began in 1994 after a cease-fire agreement was signed, ending the violence in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.Between 1994-2007 the AYF sent Youth Corps volunteers to Nagorno-Karabakh to help rebuild many of the war-torn villages in our newly liberated Arstakh.In 2008, the AYF Youth Corps program shifted from rebuilding shattered buildings to operating a summer day camp for underprivileged youth in Gyumri, Armenia's second largest city.