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GTech Expands to Yerevan
GTech is growing! Our trailblazing IT school has expanded its function and purpose and recently opened a new branch in Yerevan. With the...
Oct 26, 20212 min read


Meet Davit, FAR Scholar and War Hero
The Artsakh War changed how 21-year-old Davit Ghulyan views his reality.“Life is not the same as it was before the war; my life is...
Oct 25, 20212 min read


Good Education Goes Beyond the Classroom
We have made it possible for the complete renovation of the clean water supply, sanitation, and hygiene facilities at six different...
Oct 12, 20211 min read


Narek, Scholarship Student and Fallen Soldier
Satik Varzhapetyan can hardly hold back her tears while recollecting her last conversations with her son Narek. "The word 'hero' has...
Oct 11, 20212 min read


Renovations That Help to Advance Learning
The vocational training classroom has given a new meaning to learning for the children of the Kayan Hovhannes Hintlyan School in...
Oct 4, 20211 min read


GTech Alumna Sees a Transforming IT Workforce
FAR sees education not only as an opportunity to a better life and better future, but as a tool to make whole societies more open and...
Sep 2, 20213 min read


From Art to Economics, BCPP Makes a Difference
Boosting productivity and providing an outlet for young peoples’ creativity has been a focal point for FAR’s BCPP project since its...
Aug 31, 20211 min read


Fostering a Culture of Generosity for 20 Years
FAR has been staunchly committed to educational programs for decades, seeing them as crucial catalysts for thousands of Armenians to...
Aug 19, 20212 min read


It is My Duty to be Useful to My People
Tatevik Khachatryan is one of the first recipients of FAR’s newest scholarships, the Zabel Yesayan Scholarship Program, which aims to...
Jul 28, 20211 min read


Supporting Innovation in Armenia is Our Tradition
Continuing in our tradition to encourage research in innovation meant to push Armenia forward, FAR’s Yervant Terzian Armenian National...
Jun 20, 20211 min read


Meet Ani, FAR Scholarship Alumnus with Strong Roots
Ani Avalyan never wanted to permanently leave her home in Armenia’s Berd Region. “I used to get upset when our lecturer would ask the...
Jun 9, 20211 min read


FAR Scholarship Alumnus Now Chief Accountant at Leading Firm
Lilit Makyan’s journey to becoming Chief Accountant for KPMG Armenia, one of the country’s leading accounting firms, started while she...
May 22, 20211 min read


FAR Scholarship Alumnus Now Employs More than 55 People in Armenia
Gari Akhoyan, 36, started his accounting company to give young people an opportunity to change their lives, just as Anush Mathevosian did...
Apr 20, 20212 min read


FAR's Annette Choolfaian Scholarship to Strengthen Healthcare
In 2020, FAR launched a new scholarship program in honor of our late board member and dear friend, Annette Choolfaian, a visionary in the...
Mar 31, 20212 min read


FAR Helps Syrian Refugee to Succeed in His Studies
From an early age Lion Karapet, now 21, used to take apart computers and re-assemble them alongside his father. “I’ve become interested...
Mar 19, 20212 min read


FAR Empowers the Scientists of Tomorrow
The newly renovated physics and chemistry lab at the Azatamut school in Armenia’s Tavush region has especially encouraged one of its...
Mar 10, 20212 min read


Children Benefit from School Renovation
In January, the Verin Tsaghkavan Village School in Armenia’s TavushProvince celebrated the opening of its newly renovated and refurbished...
Mar 3, 20211 min read


FAR Student Makes a Difference in Rural Education
Ani Avalyan always wanted to go to college in Yerevan. A native of the Berd Region, an impoverished and rural area near Azerbaijan, Ani...
Feb 18, 20212 min read


FAR Welcomes 101 New Scholarship Recipients
This fall, 101 bright, young Armenians join the hundreds of students who are already supported by FAR’s Scholarship Program as they...
Sep 21, 20201 min read


ANSEF Restructures to Expand its Work
NEW YORK—Twenty years ago, a group of luminaries in the Armenian diaspora lead by Professor Yervant Terzian joined forces to create...
Sep 2, 20203 min read
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