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Summer Camp Helps Artsakh Children to Cope
At FAR we keep our commitment to focus on the lingering needs of those displaced from Artsakh’s war. This includes many initiatives aimed...
Sep 24, 20211 min read


FAR Helps Family After a Tragic Loss
Earlier this year, 11-year-old Ruzanna and 7-year-old Ashot Hovakimyan received their very first CASP stipends, which will provide them...
Sep 16, 20211 min read


Summer Camp is Back for the Children of FAR
This year, for some of Armenia's most vulnerable children, summer camp is back. For the past several weeks, about 200 children who are...
Aug 17, 20212 min read


Helping a Single Mom to Provide Her Son a Better Future
In 2013, Anna Mkrtchyan’s husband, Gevorg, passed away from a stomach ulcer. Her son, Artyom was just 1 year old back then. Now 5, Artyom...
Jul 18, 20212 min read


Baking a Difference for Armenia's Children
The giggling faces of the children holding boxes filled with Toufayan brandcookies in their hands caused the cook at FAR’s Nor Hajn Soup...
Jul 1, 20211 min read


CASP is Extended to the Children of Artsakh War Victims
Last week, 508 orphans and children of low-income, single mothers from Armenia and Javakhk received their annual Children of Armenia...
Jun 23, 20211 min read


Meet Mickael, Refugee, Kickboxer, and Children's Center Beneficiary
Mickael was almost 16 when he fled Afghanistan and aimed to cross the Turkish border to enter Europe. In Iran, he followed a river for...
Jun 8, 20211 min read


How Artsakh's War Impacts Children
As we all know, war has devastating and complex impacts, particularly for vulnerable populations like the elderly, those with...
Nov 29, 20201 min read


FAR makes every dollar count
When Janet and Ed Mardigian made the decision to support the FAR Children’s Center, they did so out of their compassion for children and...
Sep 24, 20202 min read


Ayo! Campaign Receives Notable Support from Illinois Parish
Since the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in Armenia, Ayo! has tirelessly raised money to support its emergency campaign, which...
Aug 31, 20201 min read


Ayo! Uses Surplus Fund to Support Armenian Orphans with Disabilities
Thanks to Ayo!’s efforts and a surplus of funds from one of its previous projects, the FAR crowdfunding platform was able to fund the...
Jul 13, 20202 min read


Children’s Center Art Therapy Initiative to Help Refugee and Displaced Children in Yerevan
For many years, art therapy has been embraced at the FAR Children’s Center as a way to help children overcome trauma and relieve...
Jun 30, 20201 min read


After Three Months of Confinement, Children’s Center Kids Take Day Trip to Garni Gorge
For three months, the 28 kids currently residing at the FAR Children’s Center in Yerevan have been confined to the Center’s campus...
May 26, 20202 min read


FAR Delivers Food to Children Currently Missing Out on Nutritious School Meals
Fund for Armenian Relief typically supports about 1,300 children who attend kindergartens in Armenia's impoverished Tavush and Aragatsotn...
Apr 29, 20202 min read


Children’s Center Celebrates Easter in the Time of Coronavirus
As the leading full-service care facility for vulnerable children in Armenia, the FAR Children’s Center remains vigilant about...
Apr 28, 20202 min read


Trndez Helps FAR Children’s Center Kids Connect with their Culture
The popcorn, gata , halva and aghandz are on the table and dessert is prepared while 17-year-old Michael lights the bonfire. The other...
Mar 4, 20202 min read


Sargis Ghumashyan, Foster Child
Sargis Ghumashyan’s mother died when he was an infant. He never knew his father. As a baby, he was taken in by his mother’s friend but...
Feb 21, 20201 min read


Helping an Orphan to Start a New Life
When Tatevik Hajipoghosyan, 27, and Karlen Ghazarian, 29, met at a fabric store in Vanadzor, Karlen never would have guessed they would...
Jan 28, 20201 min read


Hakob Janerian: Syrian War Survivor Finds Hope at the FAR Children’s
Hakob Janerian was unwittingly forced into adulthood at an early age. A displaced victim of war who lost his mother to cancer, Hakob has...
Jan 22, 20204 min read


FAR Supporters Bring Christmas Cheer to Children in Impoverished Communities
This Christmas, FAR’s generous supporters made it possible to distribute holiday gift packages to 388 Armenian school children in...
Jan 16, 20201 min read
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