On the night of February 25-26 in 1992, the Armenian armed forces launched an armed attack with the support of the 366th motorized rifle regiment of the Soviet army stationed in the city of Khankendi with the aim of mass killing of the peaceful population of the city of Khojaly.

The Khojaly genocide is the gravest crime of genocide committed against peaceful Azerbaijani people in the course of Armenia’s aggressive war against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces with the military support of the infantry guards regiment destroyed Khojaly city and with particular brutality implemented carnage over the peaceful population. As a result, 613 people, including 106 women, 63 children and 70 older people were killed with special cruelty, 8 families were completely wiped out, 25 children lost both parents, 132 children lost one of their parents, 1275 people were taken hostage, and the fate of 150 of them is unknown. During the genocide, 56 people were killed with unprecedented cruelty, people were burned alive and subjected to terrible torture.

As a result of Armenia's Khojaly genocide against Azerbaijanis and the military aggression that was accompanied by the massacres at Baghanis Ayrim, Garadaghli, Aghdaban, and Bashlibel, up to 20% of our lands were occupied, 20,000 citizens were killed, and more than 50,000 people were injured or rendered disabled. Azerbaijan faced a great humanitarian crisis.

The following meeting was held as part of the project "Initiative to improve the school’s reputation through the development of the school community”

A meeting with teachers, parents, students and community representatives was organized on February 23, 2023, at the secondary school No. 262 located in Turkan settlement, Baku as part of the project "Initiative to improve the school’s reputation through the development of the school community” carried out by "Umid” Support to Social Development Public Union ("Umid” SSD) and T-NETWORK, an educators’ experience and communication platform, with funding from the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan and technical support from Baku city Education Department. Teachers, students, parents, and community representatives were elected as members of the School Development Council during the meeting.

Random Acts of Kindness Day was first initiated in 1995 in Denver, Colorado by a nonprofit organization called The Random Acts Of Kindness Foundation. The event spread to New Zealand nine years later, in 2004, and the observance of the holiday became more and more widespread and today it is a significant worldwide holiday.

"Umid” Support to Social Development Public Union has begun to implement the project titled "IDP Community Mobilization and Capacity Development in Mingachevir, Goranboy, and Yevlakh” funded by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as of February 1, 2023. The duration of the project is 11 months. Following a rapid assessment of 12 communities densely populated by IDPs in Mingachevir, Goranboy, and Yevlakh, 6 communities will be selected as project target areas.
The aims of the project are to strengthen the capacity of existing IDP communities to increase their resilience and prepare them to cope with the challenges of the forthcoming return process, inter alia, through Participatory Community Development and Apprenticeship methods.